Anaesthesia | KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Paediatric Anaesthesia

To complement our paediatric surgical services, our Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia provides complete anaesthetic cover for all elective and emergency surgeries for children. We assist an average of 7,000 surgeries a year, among patients ranging from newborns to teenagers below 18 years of age.

We run a pre-anaesthesia care and counselling clinic for children requiring pre-operative consultation and optimization.

We also provide pain relief and management for children suffering from acute or chronic pain.

Range of Services

Patient related services
- Paediatric anaesthesia
  - Cardiac anaesthesia
  - Regional anaesthesia
- Pre-anaesthesia care and counselling
- Children's Pain Service
  - Management of Acute Pain
  - Management of Chronic/Complex Pain
  - Management of Procedural Pain

Non-Clinical Services
- Research
- Teaching
- Quality improvement and safety
- Patient Experience

Contact Information

Level 5, Women’s Tower, Office@L5 (WT)

65 6394 1091
65 6394 8459
65 6394 8270

Paediatric Anaesthesia Facebook Group

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News

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

Announcements Maternal Mental Wellbeing Shapes Children’s Early Cognitive Development, Gusto Study Finds A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential (A*STAR IHDP), in collaboration with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), draws on data from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort.

17 Mar 2026 Read Story

Patient Care KKH launches three programmes to boost caregiver support and family health in the community The programmes are enabling early detection of health needs in preschools to give every child the best start, providing proactive mental health screening and support for parents of children with developmental needs, and giving enhanced comfort care and support for families of children with life-limiting conditions.

04 Mar 2026 | Special Delivery Read Story

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