SINGAPORE – The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) opened a new operating theatre at its Sengkang eye clinic in early May, enabling more patients to receive treatment in the heartland.
This will be the third operating theatre at SNEC’s branch at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH), where patients can undergo procedures such as cataract surgery.
According to SNEC, its eye clinic at SKH receives close to 30,000 patient visits each year. In 2025, more than 3,000 eye operations were carried out at its two operating theatres.
The addition of a new operating theatre could raise the figure to 5,000 a year, said senior consultant Woo Jyh Haur, who heads the SNEC eye clinic at SKH.
The eye clinic at SKH now supports nearly 30 faculty surgeons performing operations across its three operating theatres, added Woo, who is from SNEC’s corneal and external eye disease department.
He said the additional operating theatre at SKH will give patients faster access to care and shorten waiting times for surgery.
Patients who do not live near SKH but have been seen at SNEC’s main centre at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in Outram and other affiliated clinics may also choose to undergo cataract surgery at SKH.
“We aim to make surgical care and processes across sites as seamless as possible so that patients can undergo surgery at SKH and continue their usual follow-up care at SNEC’s other locations,” Woo said.
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