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Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre (Chinese: 鹰 阁 医院) is a 270 bed private hospital, located at Napier Road, Singapore. It provides medical and surgical services.

History
Gleneagles Hospital started out as a 45-bed nursing home in 1957. The British Association was the original founder of Glenagles Hospital, during a time where Singapore was slowly gaining independence from the British. It was instrumental in ensuring the basic foundations and beliefs of the hospital, contributing to the hospital’s present success.

On 16th January 1958, Gleneagles Nursing Home was incorporated as a private company that came to be known as Gleneagles Hospital Limited. The hospital first opened its doors to the public on 8th June 1959. In 1979, it evolved into a 126 bed hospital that provides a wider range of medical services. From 1979 to 1980, the small 45-bed nursing home was slowly expanded into a 126-bed medical center.

Parkway Holdings then acquired Glenagles Hospital on May 1987 for S$46 million dollars. Parkway Holdings continued the expansion from 1988 to 1991. Spending S$150 million dollars, Gleneagles Hospital was transformed into a modern hospital. The new additions were a new 10-storey hospital block, 14 operating theaters and 150 consulting suites. Parkway Holdings did not stop at superficial improvements. To enhance patient care and distinguish itself from other hospitals that were more focused on technology and tangible improvements, Gleneagles Hospital also expanded its range of services to include hospital management and consultancy services.

In 1993, Gleneagles transformed into a tertiary care hospital. A year later, Gleneagles Hospital was commissioned with 150 medical specialists. In 1997, the hospital had expanded to a 380-bed institution.

At present, there are more than 160 specialists specializing in more than 30 specialties. It is renowned in the region for being a world-class medical center, attracting many foreigners around the region due to its excellent patient care record.

Location
The current address of the hospital at 6A Napier Road, Singapore 258500 is where the old Gleneagles Hotel was located. Located strategically across the Singapore Botanical Gardens, Gleneagles Hotel was built with as a luxury, leisure hotel. It had long lounges and wide windows that maximised the natural serenity of its neighbour.

Infrastructure and Facilities
Gleneagles offers a wide range of accommodation from suites to single rooms, 2 bedded, and 4 bedded rooms.Also, offering special maternity wards to meet a woman's birthing needs.

Gleneagles Accident & Emergency department provides immediate medical attention to critical and life-threatening emergencies as well as treatment for urgent-care medical problems to patients all around the clock. Their medical specialties are professionally trained with the proper skills and knowledge.

Gleneagles has a multi-disciplinary team of specialists in the areas of : Gleneagles operating rooms feature state-of-the-art equipment and are manned by a team of professional medical staff specialising in various surgical disciplines.
 * Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Surgery
 * Ear, Nose and throat
 * Endocrinology
 * Gastroenterology
 * General Surgery
 * Neurology/Neurosurgery
 * Obstetrics & Gynaecology
 * Ophthalmology
 * Orthopaedic/Hand surgery
 * Paediatrics
 * Respiratory Medicine
 * Urology

It has 2 categories of Intensive care unit :
 * 1) Parkway Asian Transplant Unit, which is solely dedicated to the care of patients with various liver conditions that required special care.
 * 2) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which provides specialised and advance medical care to premature infants in a safe and nurturing environment.

Medical and Clinical Support Services
Other services provided by Gleneagles include: Health Screening, Clinical Laboratory Services, Radiology & Imaging Services
 * Endoscopy Centre which provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures
 * Parkway Cancer Centre which offers comprehensive cancer treatment to patients and uses the latest technologies in cancer treatment to achieve best clinical outcomes
 * Parkway Gynaecology Screening & Treatment Centre which offers a comprehensive service to meet all gynaecology and pregnancy-related needs

Major Milestones/Achievements
Gleneagles has many achievements till date. It is also a hospital of many firsts. Here are some of them.

First hospital
 * In South East Asia to perform a living donor liver transplant for children
 * In Asia to perform closure of atrial septal defects using the amplatz occluder
 * In Asia to perform laparoscopic assisted ventricular peritoneal placement on a newborn
 * In South East Asia to use the robotic surgiscope for neurosurgery, ear nose and throat and spinal surgeries
 * In Singapore to perform closure of ventricular septal defect
 * In Singapore to pioneer the redesign of inpatient admission and discharge process through Work Redesign
 * In South East Asia to open a Korean clinic
 * In South East Asia to receive the birth of sextuplets
 * In South East Asia to install the dual-function lithotripter

Her achievements include :
 * Awarded the Singapore Quality Class in April 2000 by SPRING Singapore
 * Won the National Training Award (Service Sector Category) in November 2000
 * Awarded the People Developer Standard in June 2002 by SPRING Singapore
 * Awarded Superbrands status for 3 years running, 2002/2003, 2004 & 2005
 * Won ‘Best Customer Service’ at the Asian Hospital Management Award 2004
 * Won the National Work Redesign Model Company Award in August 2004

Partnerships
In order to keep up to date with the latest healthcare services, Gleneagles has forged partnerships with a few famous institutions including Johns Hopkins University and Hospital (US), Thames Valley University (UK), Curtin University of Technology and La Trobe University (Australia). Besides working with international institutions, Gleneagles collaborates locally with other hospitals in times of crisis. In July 2013, seeing the surge in dengue cases, Gleneagles Hospital collaborated with Changi General Hospital, a public hospital, initiating the idea of using the private sector bed capacity to house patients who are subsidized by the government in public hospitals.