The 1926 General Hospital, Singapore.

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Severe Overdose of Calcium Channel Blocker and Successful Management: A Literature Review and Case Report

Milestones of the medical school and medical progress of Singapore over the past 100 years.

The Medical School started off in an old female lunatic asylum on the site of the general hospital at Sepoy Lines. It was founded on 3 July 1905 and was called the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. In 1916, the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS) was recognised fully by the General Medical Council of Britain as a registrable qualification. In 1921, the medical s...

A "tattoo" of erythema multiforme.

1 National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital campus), Singapore Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Deidre Anne De Silva, National Neuroscience Institute (Singapore General Hospital campus), Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 298088. Email: [email protected] Question:...

A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status

X-ray services were first established in Singapore in 1898. With the opening of the General Hospital in 1926, there was subsequent increase in workload. However, a radiology department was not formed until the 1950s. Angiography was introduced in the same decade initially for diagnosis. By the 1960s and 1970s, both vascular and non-vascular interventions were performed. Subsequently, interventi...