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Flowers &
Gifts Health Govt polyclinics,
hospitals & health centres
Clinics (24 hours)
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Care 24-hr
Medical Centre |
Tel:
6356 3633 |
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(Care - Toa Payoh) |
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Horizon
Medical centre |
Tel:
6250 2692 |
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(Horizon - Upper Thomson) |
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Medihealth
Bishan 24-hr Clinic & Surgery |
Tel:
6258 3212 |
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(Medihealth - Bishan) |
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SOUTH |
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Silver
Cross Medical Centre |
Tel:
6462 2818 |
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(Silver Cross - Holland Ave) |
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NORTH |
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General
Outpatient Clinic |
Tel: 6459 2385 |
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(General - Ang Mo Kio) |
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Silver
Cross Family Clinic |
Tel:
6759 9181 |
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(Silver Cross - Yishun) |
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EAST |
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Grace
Polyclinic |
Tel:
6447 0400 |
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(Grace - East Coast) |
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Tampines
24-hr family Clinic |
Tel:
6786 7228 |
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(Tampines - Tampines) |
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YSL Bedok
24-hr Clinic & Surgery |
Tel:
6245 2684 |
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(YSL - Bedok) |
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Life-Link
Clinic & Surgery |
Tel:
6583 4402 |
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(Life-Link - Pasir Ris) |
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News Snippets
2008
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MOH to recognise more foreign dental degrees |
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From 1 January 2008, all dental schools
accredited by the American Dental Association and the Canadian Dental
Association will be added to the Schedule of the Dental Registration
Act. |
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The addition of 48 American dental schools
and 7 Canadian dental schools will increase the number of recognised
foreign dental schools in the Schedule from the current 34 to 89. The
list of new and current dental schools can be found in Annex A... |
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More..... |
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2007
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Reduced hospital subsidies for non-citizens |
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From January 1, 2008, non-PR foreigners will
not receive any healthcare subsidy. PRs will continue to be subsidised
for hospital services, but at 5 percentage points less than citizens. |
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From July 1, 2008, another 5
percentage-point reduction will be applied... |
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MOH advise public to discard chocolate cakes from
Prima Deli |
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MOH and theAgri-Food & Veterinary Authority
(AVA) conducted joint inspections of Prima Food Pte Ltd which produces
the chocolate cakes for all Prima Deli retail outlets. |
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Food and environmental samples were taken
for laboratory analysis. Preliminary results on 03 December 2007 for the
food samples are suggestive of Salmonella as the likely causative agent... |
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As at 03 December 2007, there were a total
of 106 cases including six hospitalised cases, all of whom have been
discharged. Six cases tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis. The
last case had onset of illness on 26 November 2007. |
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More..... |
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HIV cases
on the rise in 2007 |
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Out of the164
Singaporeans detected to be HIV infected in the first six months, about
93% of the new cases detected this year were males and 7% were females. |
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Sexual transmission remains the main mode of HIV
transmission among Singaporeans. Of the 164 cases reported in the first
6 months of 2007, 155 cases acquired the infection through the sexual
route, with heterosexual transmission accounting for 67% of infections,
homosexual transmission 24% and bisexual transmission 3%. Intravenous
drug use (4 cases) accounted for 2%... |
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Medical devices in Singapore to be regulated |
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HSA is adopting a phased approach in
implementing the new regulations to minimise the impact to the
supply of medical devices and to provide sufficient time for the
industry to meet the new standards and requirements. The control
measures will be implemented in three phases, starting from 1
November 2007:.. |
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Proposed amendments to the Infectious Diseases Act |
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Therefore, we propose to amend the IDA to
empower the Director of Medical Services (DMS) to obtain left-over
samples, and send them for the tests and examinations for the purpose of
monitoring the infectious disease situation in Singapore... |
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The Ministry proposes to expand the IDA to
empower DMS to close any premises as non-food establishments may also be
the source of an outbreak... |
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We propose to amend the IDA so that when
required, the DMS may require medical practitioners as well as other
categories of health care workers (e.g. TCM practitioners, dentists,
pharmacists, etc.) to obtain disease related information from their
patients... |
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MOH proposes to expand the IDA to
address the situation where an individual who, although unaware
that he is HIV-positive, has reason to believe that he has been
exposed to the risk of contracting HIV or AIDS (e.g. by having
unprotected casual sex with multiple partners)... |
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159 Foreign Medical Schools recognised in Singapore |
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The Ministry of Health and the Singapore
Medical Council (SMC) will be including an additional 19 leading
international medical schools to the Schedule of the Medical
Registration Act with effect from 1st October 2007... |
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Included are 6 medical schools from China, 4
from India, 4 from Japan, 2 from Taiwan and 1 from South Korea. 2 more
medical schools from Europe have also been added... |
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Singaporeans graduating from any of the 159
international medical schools can also come back to Singapore, to
supplement the number graduating from our own medical schools... |
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Rapid HIV testing now available in medical clinics |
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"As of 1 Aug 2007, the Ministry of Health (MOH)
is allowing HIV testing with rapid HIV test kits to be offered in
medical clinics. Rapid HIV tests are screening tests that produce very
quick results, in approximately 20 minutes... |
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"Rapid HIV testing can only be conducted in a medical clinic by trained
clinic personnel, and only clinics which have participated in an MOH
training workshop on Rapid HIV Testing are allowed to offer rapid HIV
testing..." |
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More..... |
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Public consultation on proposed National Registry of
Diseases Bill |
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"The Ministry of Health is proposing to
introduce a National Registry of Diseases (NRD) Bill... |
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"Currently, the NRD includes registries for
cancer, renal failure, heart disease and stroke. |
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"The information captured by the NRD is
mainly from public sector healthcare institutions who submit data
on a voluntary basis. |
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"There is a need for data from the
private sector to be included so that the dataset is complete and
useful for national level planning..." |
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MOH
drafting a National Disease Registry Bill |
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"We support the stand that personal
information identifiable to an individual participating in human
biomedical research should be safeguarded. |
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"Proper rules governing the access and use of
personal information and a secure system of information protection would
re-assure research subjects on the confidentiality of personal
information. |
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"In this connection, MOH is drafting a
National Disease Registry Bill to provide an overarching legal framework
for the collection of epidemiological information on key diseases for
public health policy and planning purposes..." |
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Decline in Tuberculosis incidence in Singapore
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140 Foreign Medical Schools recognised in Singapore
One Singaporean, one electronic medical record (EMR) |
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Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for Health |
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"Right now, it is one Singaporean,
multiple medical records, stored away in different clinics and
hospitals in different formats, and not connected or consolidated.
As a result, when patients visit different doctors, they have to
have tests repeated and scans redone. This adds to unnecessary
cost. |
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"We are moving towards this target of
'One Singaporean, One EMR'. Because of legacy systems, we cannot
achieve it in one step. But we have made progress... |
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"However, this is a complex national
project - very few if any countries have successfully implemented
a system that links up public, private and the charity sector..." |
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Gearing up Singapore for its 2020 healthcare needs |
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"MediShield coverage among active
workers is not bad, at 90%. But 390,000 Singaporeans below 20
years of age are not insured. The premium at their age is
inexpensive, only $30 per year. |
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young parents can use their Baby Bonus to pay the
premium. So cost is not the issue... |
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"We will introduce an
opt-out scheme for infants to be automatically covered
under MediShield from the time their births are
registered. |
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"Premiums can be deducted
from their fathers' Medisave or alternatively their
mothers'. Parents who do not want such coverage can
opt out any time by informing the CPF Board. We will
get this done later this year..." |
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Liberalisation of Medisave |
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As part of the review of Medisave, the
Ministry of Health will be increasing the withdrawal limits in the
following four areas: |
- The inpatient per diem limit
will be increased from $400 to $450;
- The day surgery limit will be
increased from $200 to $300;
- The annual limit for psychiatric
bills will be increased from $3,500 to $5,000;
- Medisave will be allowed for
diagnostic scans such as MRI and CT scans, if they form parts of
outpatient cancer treatment.
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Health
Products Bill passed
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Changes to Medisave and MediShield in 2007 |
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"First, the Ministry of Health will increase
the Medisave inpatient daily withdrawal limit from $400 to $450... |
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"Second, the Ministry of Health plans to
allow Medisave use for MRI and CT scans, if they form part of an
outpatient cancer treatment... |
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"MOH intends to further reduce the
co-payment, in particular the deductibles of Medisave-approved
private insurance plans, in 2007..." |
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Medisave can now be used for outpatient treatment of three
additional chronic diseases
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Survey on polyclinics in Singapore |
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"The heaviest patient attendances were
seen at Ang Mo Kio (27,041) and Jurong (24,275), more than double
the volumes seen at polyclinics such as Queenstown (9,345), Marine
Parade (10,393) and Outram Polyclinics (10,550) - the lowest in
attendances among polyclinics..." |
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2006
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Revision of hospital subsidy for foreigners |
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"From October 2007, PRs will
continue to be subsidised for hospital services, but at 5
percentage-points less than Singapore citizens. |
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"From October 2008, another 5
percentage-point reduction will be applied. This way, Singapore
citizens will enjoy greater subsidy than PRs, by a total of 10
percentage- points. |
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"As for the other foreigners, there
will be no more healthcare subsidy from October 2007..." |
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Norovirus outbreak may have affected another two schools |
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"MOH has investigated into the Ang Mo Kio
Secondary School outbreak which occurred on 25-28 Sep and established
the cause as norovirus gastroenteritis. Investigations into the cause of
outbreak at Stamford Primary School are still in progress although
norovirus has also been identified. |
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"As at Friday, 6 Oct, two other schools [ACS(I)
and Maris Stella (Primary)] have reported 20-30 cases of students and
staff falling ill with similar symptoms. These cases are also being
investigated to determine their cause..." |
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Recent outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis in two
schools |
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"There has been an increase in the number of
persons attending the polyclinics for acute diarrhoea over the past
three weeks... |
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"However, in view of the recent outbreaks of
norovirus gastroenteritis in two schools affecting a large number of
school children, the Ministry would like to advise the public to be
vigilant about diarrhoeal illnesses..." |
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Medisave withdrawal for outpatient care for four chronic diseases
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Medisave withdrawal limit for day surgery to go up from 1 December
2006
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Subutex to be classified as a controlled drug |
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"While some heroin addicts appeared to have
benefited from Subutex, many others seem to have merely shifted their
addiction from heroin to Subutex. |
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"In addition, many more who have never tried
drugs before have become new addicts. Within 4 years of introduction, we
now have at least 3800 Subutex users, 45% of them Malay, 43% Chinese and
10% Indian..." |
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Number of recognised foreign medical schools increased to 120
- Committee
formed to steer Medisave use for chronic disease management
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Decline in Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases
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Medisave for outpatient treatment of four chronic diseases by end 2006
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