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Tan Tock Seng Hospital Celebrates 180 Years. Health for Generations. For 180 years, we have cared for many generations of families in Singapore. As we look forward, we want to pioneer new care to serve you and your family, for better health and a better future. Hear from our people, what inspires them to be the architects of a resilient future,
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Apr 11, 2024 · Learn about Tan Tock Seng, a Hokkien businessman who became one of Singapore's most eminent philanthropists and a leader of the Chinese community. He donated land and money for the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the Thian Hock Keng Temple and other causes.
Tan Tock Seng was a Malacca-born merchant and philanthropist who founded the first Chinese hospital in Singapore in 1844. He was also a leader of the Hokkien community and a Justice of the Peace under the British colonial rule.
Find out how to get to TTSH, a public hospital in Singapore, and get in touch with various departments and services. See the latest contact numbers, email addresses and operating hours for TTSH.
- From Vegetable Seller to Philanthropist
- Locking Horns with The British
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Tan Tock Seng was born in Malacca in 1798, the third son of an immigrant father from Fujian province in China and a local Peranakan (Straits-born Chinese) mother. When he was 21, Tan boarded a ship that sailed south to Singapore in search of the proverbial fame and fortune. He arrived in 1819, shortly after Stamford Raffles had established a Britis...
The year was 1844. Singapore “was a merchant’s delight” with “huge profits to be made in commercial ventures”, “but the streets of the island also reeked with diseased and suffering people”, according to the New Nationin September 1974. This prompted a sharply worded editorial by Wiliam Napier, editor of The Singapore Free Press: “A number of disea...
A year later, on 26 February 1850, Tan died of an unknown disease. He was only 52. His fortune was rumoured to be a princely sum of 500,000 Spanish dollars, which was shared between his widow, three sons and three daughters.24 The 19 March 1850 edition of The Straits Times reported that “his remains were removed to the place of burial, with much po...
Learn about the rags-to-riches story of Tan Tock Seng, a vegetable seller who became a land speculator and a pioneer community leader in Singapore. Discover his legacy, his grave and his descendants in this article from Bibliotheca, a magazine of the National Library Board.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) is a large multi-disciplinary hospital in Singapore, offering over 60 clinical disciplines and anchoring HealthCity Novena. It aims to add years of healthy life to the people of Singapore and is the flagship hospital of the National Healthcare Group.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (abbreviation: TTSH) is a tertiary referral hospital in Singapore, located in Novena. The hospital has 45 clinical and allied health departments, 16 specialist centres and is powered by more than 8,000 healthcare staff.
