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In the beginning
Mount Alvernia Hospital was founded in 1961 by a group of Catholic
Sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM). Having
established a worldwide healthcare ministry, the FMDM have a presence in many
parts of the world – Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, England, Ireland,
Italy, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
 The
history of Mount Alvernia Hospital began in 1949 when a small group of Franciscan
Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood Sisters arrived in Singapore by invitation
from the local government. They were to take up nursing posts in the Tuberculosis
Section of Tan Tock Seng Hospital while waiting for Mandalay Road Hospital to
be handed over to them to manage as a separate unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Here the Sisters started a training school for nurses. Within months, the Sisters
were also nursing leprosy patients at the Trafalgar Home, and staffing the School
for Leprosy children.
Saving for a new hospital
 In
response to requests from several quarters, and foreseeing the time when Singapore's
recovery from the Japanese Occupation would mean that the government would
no longer need their services, the Sisters saved their hard-earned salaries
to build up a Fund for the eventual building of a private Catholic hospital.
These savings were augmented by generous donations from both companies and
individuals.
The hospital, named Mount Alvernia Hospital started off as
a 60-bed private hospital and was officially opened by Dato Lee Kong Chian
on 4 March 1961. From inception until the 1980s, the Sisters held all key
positions in the hospital. As the administration of healthcare became more
and more multifaceted, the Sisters decided to hand over the administration
to competent lay staff.
Mount Alvernia Today
 Today,
Mount Alvernia Hospital is a 303-bed general acute care hospital managed by
an Executive Team, reporting to a Board of Directors comprising Sisters, lay
persons and medical professionals; and ultimately to the Congregational Leader
of the FMDM. Our motto is to Serve All With Love and provide Value-for-Money,
Quality Healthcare.
Besides being a leader in Obstetrics, Gynaecology &
Paediatrics, Mount Alvernia Hospital also caters to a wide range of medical
conditions including Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, and General
Surgery. Our patients have access to close to 100 on-campus medical specialists
and physicians, and more than 1000 accredited doctors located off campus.
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