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NUCOHS Official Opening 5th July 2019
The National University Health System (NUHS) National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS) was officially opened by Minister for Health Mr Gan Kim Yong on 5 July 2019. The new National Dental Specialty Centre synergises clinical services, education and research facilities under one roof. NUCOHS is equipped with patient-centred facilities to manage the needs of patients from young children to the elderly, including patients with special needs and those with multiple co-existing medical conditions.
Singapore's only dental school NUS Faculty of Dentistry will be housed in the new facility which has the infrastructure to support an increase in student intake as well as to train and nurture the next generation of oral healthcare professionals. Being located within NUCOHS, the NUS Faculty of Dentistry will now be better able to personalise learning curricula by complementing conventional methods of training and education with innovative technology, enabling the Faculty to better nurture the next generation of top oral health professionals.
Click on the following links to read more:
- Specialist dental care gets boost with $370m centre (The Straits Times, 6 July 2019)
- 昨天开幕 牙科椅增加 国大新口腔学中心能多接四成病患 (Lianhe Zaobao, 6 July 2019)
- 借助新科技与三维牙龈模型 国大牙科生不必再拿同学练习打针 (Lianhe Zaobao, 6 July 2019)
- Pusat gigi baru $370j bagi penjagaan gigi pakar, pendidikan dan penyelidikan(Berita Harian, 6 July 2019)
- New $370 million national centre for specialist dental care, education and research officially opens (Tamil Murasu, 6 July 2019)
- 国大口腔医学中心今天开幕 每天能看诊多达 500 人 (Lianhe Wanbao, 5 July 2019)
- 国大口腔医学中心开幕 成一站式中心 日服务 500 病患 (Shin Min Daily News, 5 July 2019)
Online
- New national dental centre set up to cope with demand for dental services (CNA, 5 July 2019)
Broadcast
- CNA - Singapore Tonight, 5 July 2019
- News 5 Tonight, 5 July 2019 (4:03 - 6:40)
- Ch 8 News Tonight, 5 July 2019 (3:11 - 5:53)
- SURIA Berita, 5 July 2019 (2:42 - 3:55)
- VASANTHAM Tamil Seithi, 5 July 2019 (2:30 - 3:50)
To view the NUCOHS video, click here
For the media release, click here