Singapore Gamma Knife Centre

Construction of the Singapore Gamma Knife Centre was funded by the Health Corporation of Singapore (HCS) and the Singapore Technologies Precision Engineering (STPE). The project was the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, and the budget totalled to around ten million dollars. The centre's official opening ceremony was held on 5 March 1996,{{cite web|title=Opening of the Gamma Knife Centre |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/yybg19960305s.pdf |website=NAS |accessdate=31 August 2019 |date=5 March 1996}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Business Times|title=$10m centre to treat brain lesions setup|date=6 March 1996|page=3}} although surgeries at the centre only began on 27 November 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.gammaknife.com.sg/aboutUs.htm|title=About us|publisher=Singapore Gamma Knife Centre|accessdate=October 2, 2013}}{{efn|The centre's official website erroneously gives the date as 27 November 1995. This would have been before the centre even opened.}} As it did not involve incision of the brain, the public welcomed the introduction of gamma knife radiosurgery to Singapore.{{cite news|date=6 March 1996|title=No hole in the head|newspaper=The Straits Times|page=1}}

The facility is based in the Balestier Road-based ParkwayHealth Day Surgery & Medical Centre. An independent medical centre, any member of the public, local or foreigner, is entitled to make use of it.{{cite news|title=Centre specialising in brain surgery open to all|last=Lim|first=Rebecca|page=1|date=6 March 1996}} The centre promotes itself as "Asia's leading gamma knife centre" and "the only gamma knife facility in Singapore".

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