Defeating CANCER
Established as a geographical alternative to Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US, Johns Hopkins Singapore has a tripartite mission.
Research. Due to its medical research preeminence, Johns Hopkins Medicine, employing groundbreaking clinical scientific training models different from the existing approach to Singapore’s, was approached by the Singapore Government in the 1990s, in its aim to develop unparalleled life sciences presence in the country, to build and develop a hospital here.
Education. Alongside the research arm underwritten by the Singapore Government was an oncology clinical unit, a state-of-the art ‘hospital within a hospital’, in partnership with the National University Hospital, that treated a wide range of cancers. Besides cancer research, oncologists at Johns Hopkins Singapore benefit from the knowledge of renowned expert oncologists in Johns Hopkins Medicine in the US.
Patient care. Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre, the first Singapore private hospital to receive the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in August 2004, completed the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), which assured the patients of international-level care and a safe and well-run facility.
With the growing need for space and facilities for both inpatient and outpatient treatment, Johns Hopkins moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in 2006.
The Johns Hopkins Singapore IMC, which continues to focus on cancer treatment, serves not only Singaporeans but also foreign patients. The centre, a 30-bed licensed medical oncology facility, is a joint venture between the National Healthcare Group and Johns Hopkins Medicine International and the only fully branded Johns Hopkins facility outside the US.
Patients from neighboring regions have sought treatment at Johns Hopkins Singapore. One of them is Mr Roby Budiono, a cancer patient from Indonesia, who has been seeking inpatient treatment for three months and appreciates the doctors’ efforts.
His physician, Dr Akhil Chopra, explains that clinicians at Johns Hopkins Singapore are compassionate, adhere to the highest ethical standards of judgement and conduct, and are indubitably intellectually curious. They unceasingly acquire new skills and knowledge in their aim to improve their practice and to contribute to medicine.
According to Dr Chopra, in Southeast Asia, cancer incidence and the cancer patients’ biology and response to standard cancer treatment vary from those in the West. Moreover, there are many factors, ranging from viral to genetic, for this, and it is difficult to narrow down to one reason. Along with his colleagues, he hopes to use their skills to help cancer patients in this region.
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