National Centre for Infectious Diseases | |
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Ministry of Health (Singapore) | |
Geography | |
Location | 16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308442, Singapore |
Coordinates | 1°19′13″N 103°51′3″E / 1.32028°N 103.85083°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Services | |
Beds | 330 (500 during outbreaks) |
History | |
Opened | 7 September 2019 |
Links | |
Website | ncid.sg |
The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (Abbreviation: NCID; Malay: Pusat Nasional bagi Penyakit Berjangkit; Tamil: தேசிய தொற்றுநோய் மையம்; Chinese: 国家传染病中心), previously known as the Communicable Disease Centre (Abbreviation: CDC), is a national public health institute under the Ministry of Health of Singapore. Located next to Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Novena, all patients within the city-state who are affected with a highly contagious disease are also quarantined at the NCID and is used to control an outbreak of such diseases.[1] The executive director of the hospital is Professor Yee-Sin Leo.[2]
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