The project was the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, and the budget totalled to around ten million dollars.
[3][a] As it did not involve incision of the brain, the public welcomed the introduction of gamma knife radiosurgery to Singapore.
[4] The facility is based in the Balestier Road-based ParkwayHealth Day Surgery & Medical Centre.
[3] An independent medical centre, any member of the public, local or foreigner, is entitled to make use of it.
[5] The centre promotes itself as "Asia's leading gamma knife centre" and "the only gamma knife facility in Singapore".