| 1986 |
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1st Asian hospital to successfully use frozen embryos
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| 1989 |
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World's 1st baby conceived through MIST (Micro-Insemination Sperm Transfer)
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| 1990 |
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Developed 1st known software programme for colour vision testing in the world - fully-automated Farnsworth 100 hue test
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| 1991 |
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World's 1st successful birth of twins using co-culture
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| 1995 |
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1st minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery in region
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| 1996 |
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Region's 1st birth of 2 sets of twins from frozen embryo donations
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| 1996 |
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Region's 1st cross-hand transplantation
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| 1997 |
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1st ‘split liver' transplant in Southeast Asia
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| 1997 |
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Asia's 1st open heart surgery on a ‘beating heart'
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| 2001 |
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NUH & SGH jointly performed world's 1st successful cord blood transplant on Thalassaemia Major patient
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| 2002 |
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1st micro-incision vitreoretinal surgery in Southeast Asia
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| 2005 |
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Asia's 1st bone marrow & kidney transplant on the same patient
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| 2006 |
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1st Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implant on young patient in Singapore
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| 2007 |
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First-in-man clinical trials- ‘new generation' cancer drug, which can suppress tumour growth, tested on humans for the first time
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| 2008 |
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First non-surgical aorta expansion performed in Singapore
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| 2008 |
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First Robotic Surgery for Gynaecological Cancer in SE Asia.
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| 2009 |
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New generation of keyhole surgery for abdominal surgeries leaving virtually no scar. |
| 2010 |
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Faster, accurately targeted radiation therapy for cancer patients. |
| 2011 |
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First Heart Patient in Singapore is Treated with Abbott's Groundbreaking Bioabsorbable Vascular Scaffold in Global Clinical Trial. |
| 2011 |
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First cancer drug developed in Singapore shows encouraging results in early human clinical trials. |
| 2011 |
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First Women’s Heart Health Clinic in Singapore. |
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