NUH's New Digestive Health Hub Streamlines Patient Treatment

The National University Centre for Digestive Health combines patients’ access from initial consultation to surgery. The National University Hospital (NUH) opened the National University Centre for Digestive Health (NUCD), a facility dedicated to early detection and advanced treatment for digestive diseases. The NUCD accelerated patients’ access from initial digestive consultation to surgical expertise in upper gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and colorectal, NUH said. This streamlined approach reduces waiting times, minimises repeated visits, and enables faster treatment decisions for better outcomes, it added. Since its concept launch in 2024, the NUCD has consolidated NUH's digestive health services, serving as a referral hub for complex cases from other hospitals within the National University Health System. Hospitals in the system include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Alexandra Hospital. The hospital said that NUCD has contributed to the clinical validation and implementation of the Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score and fibroscan to screen for liver fibrosis in high-risk patients with fatty liver and other chronic liver diseases. To date, it added that the centre has screened more than 12,000 high-risk patients, facilitating earlier detection and interventions. Another key focus of the centre is improving the detection of colorectal cancer through its colonoscopy quality. According to the Singapore Cancer Registry Annual Report 2022, it is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths locally. Since you're here... ...there are many ways you can work with us to advertise your company and connect to your customers. Our team can help you design and create an advertising campaign, in print and digital, on this website and in print magazine. We can also organize a real life or digital event for you and find thought leader speakers as well as industry leaders, who could be your potential partners, to join the event. We also run some awards programmes which give you an opportunity to be recognized for your achievements during the year and you can join this as a participant or a sponsor. Let us help you drive your business forward with a good partnership!