KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is the only integrated women's and children's hospital in Singapore. The hospital provides specialised care for
women, babies and children.
KKH is a major tertiary referral centre for high risk obstetrics, gynaecological oncology, urogynaecology, neonatology, paediatrics, paediatric bone-marrow
transplants and paediatric open-heart surgeries. It is also a teaching hospital affiliated to the National University of Singapore.
Clinical Specialties
Women's Hospital
Aesthetic & Reconstructive
Surgery
Breast Health
Maternal Fetal Medicine
General Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecological Oncology
Menopause
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Reproductive Medicine
Urogynaecology
Women's Anaesthesia
Children's Hospital
Paediatric Medicine
• Cardiology
• Child Development
• Children's Intensive Care
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• General & Ambulatory Paediatrics
• Genetics
• Haematology & Oncology
• Infectious Diseases
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy
Paediatric Surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Dental Surgery
• General Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Facts & Figures KK Women's and Children's Hospital FY 05
Size
Bed Complement (as at end Mar) 830
Beds in Service 739
Workload per annum
Bed Occupancy Rate 68.0%
Inpatient Admissions 60,008
Inpatient Discharges 60,038
Total Patient Days 183,454
Average Length of Stay (days) 3.1
Total Surgical Operations 31,047
Day Surgeries 14,708
Inpatient Surgeries 16,339
Specialist Outpatient Clinic Attendances 429,349
Accident & Emergency Attendances 111,276
Staffing (as at end Mar)
Total 2,594
Doctors 312
Nurses 1,073
Health Sciences Professionals 302
Others 906
Awards & Certifications
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
• KKH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI)
• DNA Laboratory is ISO 17025 SAC-SINGLAS accredited
• First hospital in the Asia Pacific region to receive the Asian Hospital Management Award (AHMA) for Patient Safety
and Risk Management
• KKH's Department of Diagnostic Imaging accredited as a training centre for paediatric radiology by the Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), as part of a complete radiology training scheme at
National University Hospital. It is the only such accredited paediatric radiology training centre outside of Australia
and New Zealand.
• KKH's Laboratory awarded the ISO 17025 accreditation
• Using Doppler ultrasound, KKH is one of few centres in the world, and the only one in Singapore, to routinely look
for artery-artery anastomosis (AAA) in monochorionic pregnanies (where identical twins share the same placenta with
blood vessels connecting the umbilical cords).
You may also contact us directly by clicking here Enquiries
However, if you are at a city where we have an office, we will instruct the local representative to
contact you and provide you our personalised services.
East Asia Medical Travel
371 Beach Road #18-00 Key Point, Singapore 199597.
Email Enquiry@eastasiamedical.com
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