The new S$2 billion Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital complex in Singapore is on course for its July opening. Over 100 of these specialists who have purchased the suites will be practising there from the opening day, with the remaining 70 moving in by end-2012.
The hospital complex recently received its temporary occupation permit from the Building & Construction Authority ahead of schedule. It will be the fourth Singapore hospital of Parkway Pantai Limited, the largest private healthcare provider in the Republic and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare Berhad, formerly known as Integrated Healthcare Holdings Sdn Bhd.
The 14-storey complex will be among Singapore’s most ambitious and comprehensive medical facilities. PPL Group CEO and Managing Director, Dr Tan See Leng, sees it further raising the bar for the nation’s healthcare system, including its appeal to both local private patients and the growing medical travel market.
Mount Elizabeth Novena will have 13 operating theatres – among them hybrid operating facilities which allow less invasive surgery – and will focus on heart and vascular diseases, orthopaedics, neurosciences and general surgery. There are also 254 co-located medical suites, with more than eight in 10 available for sale and PPL retaining the remainder for its own use.
The hospital’s 333-single-bed-only wards include 37 deluxe wards, eight VIP rooms and three suites. More than half or 180 beds are expected to be operational when the hospital opens, with the remainder ready in the second half of next year (2013).