With nearly twice the number of chemotherapy recliner chairs and beds as well as enhanced facilities, the centre expects to be able to handle a doubling of patient visits by 2030.
SINGAPORE: The new 24-storey National Cancer Centre Singapore was officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday .
Operations in the new building started progressively from December 2022, with all services fully operational since March this year. “The sobering fact is that one in four Singaporeans are likely to develop some form of cancer over their lifetimes,” he said, noting that close to 40 per cent of those diagnosed with cancer currently are aged 70 and above.
During the launch in January last year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said that the total development budget for Phase One is about S$4 billion.
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