Singapore Gamma Knife Centre

The Singapore Gamma Knife Centre is a medical facility specialising in gamma knife radiosurgery.

History

Construction of the Singapore Gamma Knife Centre was funded by the Health Corporation of Singapore (HCS) and the Singapore Technologies Precision Engineering (STPE). The project was the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, and the budget totalled to some ten million dollars. The centre's official opening ceremony was held on 5 March 1996,[1][2] although surgeries at the centre only began on 27 November 1996.[3][lower-alpha 1] As it did not involve incision of the brain, the public welcomed the introduction of gamma knife radiosurgery to Singapore.[4]

Operations

The facility is based in the Balestier Road-based ParkwayHealth Day Surgery & Medical Centre.[3] An independent medical centre, any member of the public, local or foreigner, is entitled to make use of it.[5] The centre promotes itself as "Asia's leading gamma knife centre" and "the only gamma knife facility in Singapore".[3]

Notes
  1. The centre's official website erroneously gives the date as 27 November 1995. This would have been before the centre even opened.

References
  1. "Opening of the Gamma Knife Centre" (PDF). NAS. 5 March 1996. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. "$10m centre to treat brain lesions setup". The Business Times. 6 March 1996. p. 3.
  3. "About us". Singapore Gamma Knife Centre. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. "No hole in the head". The Straits Times. 6 March 1996. p. 1.
  5. Lim, Rebecca (6 March 1996). "Centre specialising in brain surgery open to all". p. 1.
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