Initially known as Fortis Colorectal Hospital (FCH), the 31-bed facility first opened on 31 July 2012, costing $70 million and owned by Fortis Healthcare.

[2][3] In 2015, CIH entered collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre (MDACC) of the United States.

[4] In November 2018, CIH opened its Women's Centre which has a team of specialists in breast, aesthetic and plastic, gynaecological and minimally-invasive surgery.

[8] CIH was suspended over lapses in patient safety in December 2020[9] and was divested by Concord Medical.

[10] It was subsequently taken over by Crawfurd Medical and resumed operations in July 2021 under its current name.