Epilepsy Care Group (Singapore) [ECG] is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that began in 1993 as an effort to address the needs of persons with epilepsy and their caregivers in Singapore. We are a registered society (ROS 226/95 Wel) under the Societies Act, which means that we are accountable to the Registrar of Societies and have a Constitution that mandates an Annual General Meeting at which ECG members elect an Executive Council. The work of the Executive Council is assisted by various medical and legal professionals who sit on a Board of Consultants. The ECG is also recognized as a charity (CA1204) under the Charities Act by the Commissioner of Charities. The Ministry of Health therefore has an account (HEF0043/G) in our name under the Health Endowment Fund to receive tax-exempt donations.
We are also affiliated to The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) which is a world-wide chain of organizations working to improve the social conditions that affect people with epilepsy.
The current 28th Executive Council (2022/2023) comprises the following members:
President : Dr Choong Chew Thye
Vice-President : Ms Diana Koh Hwee Hoon
Honorary Secretary : Mr Goh Keng Hwee
Assistant Secretary : Mr Chris Ang Wei Jie
Honorary Treasurer : Mr David Tan Zheng Yuan
Assistant Treasurer : Mr Calvin Koh Chin Khoon
Welfare Officer : Ms Goi Ming Ying
Council members :
Mr Hayden Tan Hui Wen
Mr Calvin Schaffer Zhong
Dr Leong Wei Shin
Mr Patrick Soh Guan Eng
Mdm June Chong Chung Lan
Board of Consultants :
Professor Michael Chee Wei Liang
Dr Lim Kim Whee
Dr Vijayan Loganathan
Dr Adrian Wang Chee Cheng
Legal Advisor :
Mr Anand Nalachandran