Timeline

1844

Tan Tock Seng donated Spanish 87 000 to build the first hospital for the sick and poor on Pearl’s Hill on 25 July.

Pearl's Hill

1849

The hospital gets its first patients.

1857

Hospital is moved to Balestier Plain.

1858

The first female ward was set up.

1909

Hospital is moved to Moulmein Road.

1910

TTSH welcomed its pioneer batch of graduate doctors.

1937

TTSH succeeded in using Vitamin B1 for the treatment of beri-beri.

1945

TTSH was designated as the centre for Tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Dr. Benjamin Chew administered the first penicillin injection to his colleague to treat a lung infection.

1967

First open-heart surgery in Singapore is performed.

1972

A Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology is established.

1976

TTSH’s cardiac surgeons performed Singapore’s first coronary by-pass operation.

1985

TTSH set up the first night clinic in Singapore.

Middleton Hospital, which treated infections diseases like cholera and typhoid, became TTSH’s Communicable Disease Centre.

1989

TTSH opened the first Geriatric Unit in Singapore.

1992

TTSH became a restructured hospital on 1 April.

1994

The first hospital in Singapore to register on the internet.

1995

TTSH became the first local hospital to provide Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to patients.

1996

First hospital in the region to use functional MRI in the treatment of stroke, epilepsy and tumor.

1997

First hospital in the region to use intra-operative portable mobile CT scanner to remove brain tumours.

2000

The new TTSH located at Jalan Tan Tock Seng was officially opened by then Deputy Prime Minister BG (NS) Lee Hsien Loong on 1 April.

Hospital becomes a member of National Healthcare Group.

2003

TTSH was designated as the hospital for the treatment of SARS patients on 22 March.

2007

TTSH rolled out radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track patients and locate them within the facility. Subsequently, system improvements allowed the monitoring of the individual's body temperature and detected serious infections without disturbing patients from rest.

The hospital also enhanced patient safety by using RFID technology to track surgical instruments.

2008

TTSH went beyond acute care and into community care, with the set up of the Division of Integrative and Community Care that encompassed the Geriatric Medicine, Continuing and Community Care, and Palliative Medicine departments.

2010

NHG and UK’s Imperial College London cemented their collaboration for the 3rd Medical School and named TTSH the main clinical hospital.

2011

The Centre for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics (CART) was opened in Singapore to combine innovative robotics and virtual reality technologies with regular rehabilitation therapy.

Equipment used @ CART

2013

The Health City Novena Masterplan, a 17-hectare integrated healthcare development project, was officially launched to cater to Singapore's future healthcare needs. From acute to intermediate and long-term care, the Health City will offer the full spectrum of holistic care experiences for the residents in the central region of Singapore.