Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

Singapore General Hospital (SGH), the largest and oldest hospital in Singapore, is an academic health science centre that also takes tertiary referrals and serves as the country's national hospital. It stands beside the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts and is run by the public healthcare group SingHealth. Its history goes back to 1821, and its modern era began on 29 March 1926, when 800 beds opened in the Bowyer, Stanley and Norris Blocks.

Brand Finance, which measures brand strength, ranks SGH No. 10 in its Global Top 250 Hospitals 2026. Newsweek and Statista also place it No. 10 in World's Best Hospitals 2026, their Top 250 list. Wikipedia adds that SGH has regularly appeared in Newsweek's top 10 and reached its best position, 3rd, in 2019.

SGH is the flagship hospital of SingHealth and the main teaching hospital of the Duke–NUS Medical School, which is affiliated with both Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Its campus houses four national specialty centres, for eye, heart, cancer and dental care. Wikipedia reports that it performs close to the highest number of transplants in Singapore, and the historic Bowyer Block with its clock tower survives as the home of the SGH Museum.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Brand Finance · Newsweek / Statista