3 September 2017
The SingHealth Duke-NUS Gala Dinner 2017 closed on a high note with more than $32.5 million raised to further medical research and education. More than 700 guests attended the event at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, with Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Mr Ong Ye Kung, gracing the occasion as the Guest of Honour.
Themed ‘Stars of the Night’, the Gala Dinner was a celebration of the unwavering support of donors in partnering clinicians, researchers and educators at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) to improve health for patients and the community. During the event, Minister Ong Ye Kung witnessed cheque presentations from four major donors. Dr Charles Toh and the Goh Foundation donated $1 million each to research and education programmes in Cardiovascular Sciences and Rheumatology respectively. The Tanoto Foundation supported the establishment of the Viral Research and Experimental Centre @ SingHealth Duke-NUS (ViREMiCS) with a $2 million gift to catalyse breakthroughs in the area of Infectious Diseases and the Children’s Cancer Foundation contributed $2.188 million to support two programmes in Paediatrics.
Other major donors include the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple who donated $3 million to establish the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professorship in Ophthalmology, as well as three other major donors – two of whom donated a total of $3.5 million to cancer research and the third pledged $1 million to support eye research.
Duke-NUS Medical School Dean, Professor Thomas Coffman said, “The essence of our SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC collaboration is to bring together education, research and clinical care in order to enhance medical practice and improve patients’ lives.
https://www.singhealth.com.sg/news/giving-philanthropy/singhealth-duke-nus-gala-dinner-2017