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IMH to be redeveloped and expanded, renamed the National Centre for Mental Health Singapore

MOH will also seek public views on parental consent rules for youth mental health.

Singapore’s psychiatric hospital, the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), will be renamed as the National Centre for Mental Health Singapore, and expanded by 2040.

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