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Philip Lee, Chairman. Tay Choon Hong, CEO [1] Parent agency. Ministry of Health. Website. www .hpb .gov .sg. The Health Promotion Board ( HPB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes. [2]
The Ministry of Health ( MOH; Malay: Kementerian Kesihatan; Chinese: 卫生部; Tamil: சுகாதார அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for managing the public healthcare system in Singapore .
As of 2019, Singapore had a total of 14,297 doctors in its healthcare system, giving a doctor-to-population ratio of 1:399. The nurse-to-population ratio (including midwives) was 1:133, with a total of 42,777 nurses. There were 2,475 dentists, giving a ratio of 1 dentist to 2,304 people. [13] [14]
Singapore Health Services, commonly known as SingHealth, is the largest group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. Established in 2000, the group consists of four public hospitals, three community hospitals, five national specialty centres and a network of eight polyclinics. The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is the largest hospital in ...
Woodlands. Alexandra Hospital. 1938. Queenstown. Public ( National University Health System ) 326 [5] National University Hospital. 1985.
The statutory boards of the Government of Singapore are autonomous organisations that have been tasked to perform an operational function by legal statutes passed as Acts in the Parliament of Singapore. The statutes define the purpose, rights and powers of each authority. These organisations would usually subsequently report to one specific ...
The Health Sciences Authority ( HSA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It is a multi-disciplinary agency responsible for applying medical, pharmaceutical, and scientific expertise to protect and advance public health and safety . The organisation serves three key functions: it is the national ...
The facility is expected to create about 1,500 jobs. A spokesperson from Singapore's Economic Development Board, a government agency focused on promoting the country as an investment destination ...