Jurong Medical Centre Clinic in Singapore, Singapore

Jurong Medical Centre is a project started in 2006 by the Ministry of Health, which aims to bring specialist healthcare and minor surgery services to the community, avoiding the necessity to travel to a hospital.

Below you can find out more information about some of the services and treatments that are carried out at the Medical Centre.

1. Rheumatology services involve both inpatient and outpatient care and are specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system.
The patients benefit from such services as physiotherapy, radiology (including bone densitometry), and occupational therapy.

Below are enumerated the conditions that are diagnosed and managed at the center.
- Degenerative joint diseases (osteoarthritis)
- Crystal induced arthropathies (gout)
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Soft tissue rheumatism
- Seronegative spondyloarthritides (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis)
- Auto-immune disease and connective tissue disease (systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, and inflammatory myositis)

2. The cardiological services provided at the clinic involve care for cardiac patients, as well as healthy individuals, who want to reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease in the future.
The specialists at Jurong Medical Centre (JMC) are trained to diagnose and treat the following conditions and symptoms:
- Chest pain
- Breathlessness
- Palpitations
- Abnormal ECGs
- Screening of heart health
- Heart attack and coronary heart disease
- Heart failure and cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac rhythm disorders
- Valvular heart disease

3. Outpatient and inpatient services that diagnose and manage a wide range of dermatological conditions such as:
- Eczema
- Acne
- Urticaria
- Psoriasis
- Skin infections
- Mole
- Cyst
- Lipoma
- Wart
- Keratosis
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Skin pigmentation (vitiligo, melasma).

4. Diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of endocrinological disorders such as:
- Diabetes type 1 and 2
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Obesity and related disorders
- Calcium and bone disorders
- Pituitary disorders ( hypopituitarism, pituitary tumors, Cushing’s Disease, acromegaly, and prolactinomas)
- Adrenal disorders (primary aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal tumors, adrenal insufficiency as well as Cushing’s Disease and congenital adrenal hyperplasia)
- Endocrine hypertension
- Acute and chronic complications caused by diabetes (heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage, impotence in men).

5. Gastroenterology and Hepatology diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient and outpatient services.
The following conditions are treated and managed at Jurong Medical Centre:
- Acute and chronic viral hepatitis
- Fatty liver
- Liver cirrhosis
- Drug-related liver injury
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Auto-immune liver disease
- Metabolic liver disease
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Biliary stones
- Liver tumors
- Peptic ulcer
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Acute and chronic diarrhea
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis

6. The General Surgery Department provides both inpatient and outpatient surgical services with full 24-hour on-site coverage for acute surgical conditions.
The following types of surgeries are carried out:
- Breast surgery
- Bariatric and metabolic surgery for obesity
- Colorectal surgery
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
- Hepatobiliary surgery
- Surgical oncology and surgical endoscopy
- Vascular and endovascular surgery