Thomson Medical Centre
Coordinates: 1°19′30.86″N 103°50′28.72″E / 1.3252389°N 103.8413111°E / 1.3252389; 103.8413111
Thomson Medical Centre Limited (Abbreviation: TMC; Chinese: 康生医院) is a 190 bed private hospital located at Thomson Road in Singapore. The hospital specialises in gynaecology and in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The hospital has made several milestones in Asia, including producing the first surviving IVF quadruplets in 1989.
With respect to healthcare quality assurance, Thomson Medical Centre is currently not engaging in international healthcare accreditation with any of the major international hospital accreditation schemes.
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