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Neonatology

Synonym(s):

​Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is the largest facility in Singapore that treats premature babies and infants, including those referred from other hospitals.

KKH has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world, at 1.99 per 1,000 live births. This outcome has been made possible by close coordination between our perinatal and neonatal teams to manage high-risk pregnancies and deliveries and extend timely and advanced neonatal care to the newborn.

Range Of Services

  • Neonatal intensive and special care
  • Standby for high risk deliveries
  • High risk and birth defect consultations
  • Newborn Screening
    • Clinical screening of well babies
    • Universal Newborn Hearing Screen
  • Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow up of preemies
  • Specialist outpatient consultation
  • Neonatal transport (including regional)
  • KK Human Milk Bank

Resource For Patients And Family

Helmet Therapy

Kangaroo Care For New Baby

Preventing Flat Head in Your Baby

Small for Gestational Age Infant Leaflet

Contact Information 

Level 2, Women's Tower 

65 6225 5554 (General Enquiries)

Early Bird Baby Club

Neonatal parent support group for premature infants who are born less than 1500grams at birth

 

Clinical Outcomes

Our Care Team

Research
Education

News

KKH and NUH’s National University Centre for Trauma call for urgent moves to curb road traffic injuries
Announcements KKH and NUH’s National University Centre for Trauma call for urgent moves to curb road traffic injuries KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and National University Centre for Trauma at the National University Hospital (NUH), in collaboration with the Traffic Police (TP) and Land Transport Authority (LTA), are urgently calling for collective efforts to curb the increase in road traffic accidents. The National Injury Prevention Conference (NIPC) 2026 will explore these safety priorities, as well as the prevention of child and workplace injuries.
02 Apr 2026 Read Story
Announcements Key Leadership Appointments at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Clinical Associate Professor Chan Yoke Hwee appointed CEO, KKH, with effect from 1 May 2026. Professor Alex Sia Tiong Heng to transition to appointment as Senior Advisor, SingHealth, after nine years as CEO, KKH
26 Mar 2026 Read Story
Announcements KKH-MCHRI joins landmark study to establish first global system to track health before pregnancy KK Women's and Children's Hospital Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (KKH-MCHRI) is part of a pioneering study that is paving the way towards the first global system for monitoring the health of people planning to start a family.
18 Mar 2026 Read Story