Women's and Children's Services

Maternal Fetal Medicine

One third of the babies born in Singapore are delivered at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. All our patients enjoy a high level of coordinated care by a team of specialists in Maternal Fetal Medicine. These include obstetricians, clinical nurses, genetic counsellors and neonatologists.

Range of Services

Our Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine also specialises in the management of high risk obstetrics and the screening of fetal anomalies, and is a tertiary referral centre for complicated pregnancies.

Its ultrasound facilities and services are accredited by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Radiologists in the United Kingdom.

Antenatal Diagnostic Clinic/ Antenatal Monitoring Clinic

Prenatal diagnosis and counselling of patients with fetal anomalies
- Fetal anomaly scan
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Fetal blood sampling
- Invasive fetal therapeutic procedures
Thalassaemia screening, prenatal diagnosis and counselling
Down Syndrome screening, prenatal diagnosis and counselling
The centre is recognised by Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Radiologists for obstetric ultrasound training and credentialing
Obstetric ultrasound services
- Early pregnancy scan
- Obstetric screening scan
- Doppler ultrasound scan for high risk pregnancies
- Growth clinic for multiple pregnancy and IUGR
- High risk obstetric ultrasound
- Fetal anomaly scan

Our Experts

Name	Designation	Qualification
Prof George Yeo Seow Heong	Head & Senior Consultant	Adj Prof (Duke-NUS, GMS), Clin A/Prof (YLL, NUS) MBBS, FRCOG, FAMS
A/Prof Kenneth Kwek Yung Chiang	Senior Consultant & Chief Executive Officer	MBBS, M Med (O&G), MRCOG, MRANZCOG
A/Prof Ong Chiou Li	Senior Consultant (Dept of Diagnostic Imaging)	MBBS, FRCR
A/Prof Tan Kok Hian	Senior Consultant	Clin A/Prof (YLL, NUS), Adj A/Prof (Duke-NUS, GMS) MBBS, FRCOG, M Med (O&G), FAMS
A/Prof John Tee Chee Seng	Senior Consultant	MBBS, M Med (O&G), FAMS

Antenatal Risk Assessment Unit

Range of Services:

Pre-pregnancy and early pregnancy risk assessment and surveillance
Nurse counselling service for mothers undergoing prenatal invasive procedures
Nurse counselling for mothers undergoing serum screening test for Down Syndrome

Our Experts

Name	Designation	Qualification
Dr Lai Fon-Min	Head & Consultant	MBBS, MRCOG (UK), M Med (O&G), FAMS, FRANZCOG
Prof George Yeo Seow Heong	Senior Consultant	Adj Prof (Duke-NUS, GMS), Clin A/Prof (YLL, NUS) MBBS, FRCOG, FAMS

Perinatal Audit & Epidemiology Unit

Range of Services:

Perinatal statistics
Perinatal epidemiology relating to trends of diseases of pregnancy, the mother and the fetus
Evidence based medicine relating to obstetrics and management of care of high risk pregnancies
Perinatal audit relating to stillbirths, perinatal mortality and perinatal morbidity

Our Experts

Name	Designation	Qualification
A/Prof Tan Kok Hian	Head & Senior Consultant	Clin A/Prof (YLL, NUS), Adj A/Prof (Duke-NUS, GMS) MBBS, FRCOG, M Med (O&G), FAMS

Peripartum Unit

Range of Services:

Triaging of emergency obstetric admission
Monitoring of patients in active phase of labour
Prostin cervical priming for high risk obstetric patients
Obstetric deliveries (vaginal, normal)
Obstetric deliveries (vaginal, instrumental)
Obstetric deliveries (vaginal, breech)
Obstetric deliveries (caesarean section in obstetric operating theatre)
External cephalic version

Our Experts

Name	Designation	Qualification
Dr Lim May Li	Head & Consultant	MBBS, MRCOG, FRANZCOG
A/Prof Kenneth Kwek Yung Chiang	Senior Consultant & Chief Executive Officer	MBBS, M Med (O&G), MRCOG, MRANZCOG
A/Prof John Tee Chee Seng	Senior Consultant	MBBS, M Med (O&G), FAMS
Dr Shephali Tagore	Consultant	MBBS, MD, DRCOG, MRCOG

Obstetric Ultrasound & Prenatal Diagnostic Unit

Range of Services:

Prenatal diagnosis and counselling of patients with fetal anomalies
- Fetal anomaly scan
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Fetal blood sampling
- Invasive fetal therapeutic procedures
Thalassaemia screening, prenatal diagnosis and counselling
Down Syndrome screening, prenatal diagnosis and counselling
Recognised RCOG / RCR centre for obstetric ultrasound training and credentialling
Obstetric ultrasound services
- Early pregnancy scan
- Obstetric screening scan
- Doppler ultrasound scan for high risk pregnancies
- Growth clinic for multiple pregnancy and IUGR
- High risk obstetric ultrasound
- Fetal anomaly scan

Our Experts

Name	Designation	Qualification
Prof George Yeo Seow Heong	Head & Senior Consultant	Adj Prof (Duke-NUS, GMS), Clin A/Prof (YLL, NUS) MBBS, FRCOG, FAMS
Dr June Tan Vic Khi	Consultant	MBBS, MRCOG

Obstetric Day Assessment Centre

Our Obstetric Day Assessment Centre has evolved into an outpatient alternative for women with complicated pregnancies and pregnant patients with hypertension and/or diabetes.

These patients would previously have required hospitalisation. Now they receive the same high standard of obstetric care while enjoying the benefits of an outpatient status, such as no hospitalisation costs and reduced disruption to their work, family and social lives. Hypertensive and Diabetic obstetric patients now receive an extensive evaluation and self-help management guidelines.