​The SGH Burns Centre is a tertiary referral facility and will only accept burned patients through the following sources :

• the hospital’s Accident / Emergency Department following consultation and review by the on-call Plastic Surgery Resident and / or Registrar
• other hospital’s Accident / Emergency Department / ward (including private sector, semi-government restructured, and foreign) following telephone-consultation with the on-call Plastic Surgical Registrar and / or attending Plastic Surgeon; transport and medical escort of the patient is provided by source hospital
• direct from scene of injury following heli-casevac via the hospital’s Accident / Emergency Department.