Mount Elizabeth Hospital

Mount Elizabeth Hospital is a 505 bed private care hospital. The hospital is accredited with the Joint Commission International (JCI); and is the first private hospital in Asia to win the Asian Management Award for exceptional people development and management.

It performs the largest number of cardiac surgeries & neurosurgeries in the private sector in the region.

The Mount Elizabeth Oncology Centre provides comprehensive facilities for treating a wide range of cancers including those of the ovary, kidney, and pancreas.

The hospital also has a Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Centre, offering stem cell transplant therapy.

Beginnings and Milestones

Jointly owned by a Singaporean and Indonesian businessmen, construction of Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Medical Centre started in 1976. On December 8, 1979, the hospital and medical centre were officially opened.

In June 1985, National Medical Enterprises Incorporated (NME), the largest healthcare company in the United States of America (USA) at that time, bought Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

It drew upon the management expertise from the U.S. and strived to provide the best tertiary hospital services in Southeast Asia.

Mount Elizabeth Hospital offers cardiology, neurosciences, and many other tertiary services. It has the first private cancer centre in the region and was the first private hospital in Singapore to offer cardiac catheterisation, cardiac and neurosurgery and other advanced medical procedures.

To cope with the increasing demand for medical suites as more specialists in the government hospitals leave to join Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Medical Centre, a new wing was added to the medical centre in 1992.

The Brunei royal family built the Royal Suite in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in 1993 for their private use. It has two suites, a lodger room (for family or doctor in attendance) and a lounge cum conference room with attached pantry and bathrooms. All rooms come with 24-hour private nurse, security and butler service. This suite is now available to all members of the public who require a higher level of comfort during their hospital stay.

In 1994, Mount Elizabeth Hospital was awarded the Asian Management Award for People Development and Management. Given by the Asian Institute of Management, Far Eastern Economic Review, it aims to promote management excellence in Asia.

In 1995, Parkway Holdings Ltd, which already owned another leading tertiary acute care hospital in Singapore, Gleneagles Hospital, bought Mount Elizabeth Hospital and East Shore Hospital. This makes Parkway Holdings Ltd, the largest private healthcare organisation in Singapore.

In 1998, Mount Elizabeth hospital was awarded the Singapore Quality Class - an award which recognises organisations which have attained a commendable level of performance in the journey towards business excellence.

Having established itself as the premier healthcare facility with a reputation for quality services, Mount Elizabeth Hospital is committed to developing its staff through continuous training and development. For its commitment to human resources development, the hospital was awarded the People Developer Standard in June, 2000.

Specialties at the hospital include:

Anaesthesiology
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dental Surgery
Dentistry
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Gynaecology
Haematology
Hand Surgery
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine
Obstetrics
Opthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology (Ear Nose Throat
Surgery)
Paediatric Medicine
Paediatric Surgery
Pathology
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation Medicine
Renal Medicine
Reproductive Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
Therapeutic Radiology
Urology