Singapore National Eye Centre

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) is a specialty eye hospital in Singapore.

Singapore National Eye Centre
新加坡全国眼科中心 (Chinese)
SingHealth
Geography
Location11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore
Coordinates1.282248009766369°N 103.8357848289906°E / 1.282248009766369; 103.8357848289906
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityEye
History
OpenedOctober 1990
Links
Websitewww.snec.com.sg
ListsHospitals in Singapore

SNEC manages more than 380,000 patient visits and over 41,000 surgeries annually. Its services include Corneal & External Eye Disease, Cataract & Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Inflammation & Immunology, Oculoplastic, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus, Refractive Surgery, and Medical & Surgical Retina.

Services

SNEC undertakes 100% video recording of major surgeries and a full audit of outcomes, as well as the pursuit of high-impact translational research.

Key Milestones

On 3 March 1989, SNEC was incorporated, and commenced operations in October 1990 with Professor Arthur Lim appointed as its founding medical director. Lim was considered the ‘father of ophthalmology’ in Southeast Asia.[1]

SNEC was officially opened in 1991 by then Health Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong.

In 1999, SNEC underwent a building extension of SGD $50 million, establishing an eight-story building consisting of two floors of outpatient clinics, 5 operating rooms, and two floors of SERI’s research clinics and laboratories.

In 2012, SNEC started a partnership with Duke-NUS that led to the creation of a ophthalmology and visual sciences academic programme.[2]

In August 2019, the SNEC Myopia Centre was launched. This facility allows specialised management of myopia prevention, management and education.[3]

References
  1. "Professor Arthur Lim Siew Ming (1934-2014)" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences". www.duke-nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  3. hermesauto (2018-11-13). "New centre to prevent, control and treat myopia to open in the first quarter of 2019". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  • "About SNEC". Singapore National Eye Centre. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  • "About SERI". Singapore Eye Research Institute. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  • "About VisionSave". VisionSave. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  • "Ophthalmology". Specialties and Services. SingHealth. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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