Besides hospitals, patients can also visit StarMed Specialist Centre’s urgent care centre, where most patients queue for up to 15 minutes or less, for diagnosis and treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
When an elderly parent falls or a child experiences stomach cramps or high fever, most caregivers would rush them down to the accident and emergency department of the nearest hospital.
Besides GPs and hospitals, there are alternative options, such as urgent care facilities, to seek medical care. Urgent care typically refers to conditions that require early attention but are not life-threatening. In 2019, aSince then, a few more urgent care centres have been established in Singapore, one of them being StarMed Specialist Centre’s urgent care centre, which opened three months ago.
Dr Sanjeev says: “Majority of these cases are not urgent. If the child has mild symptoms, the doctor will most likely give them medications and send them home. But they would have waited six hours for that.” Some common symptoms seniors may face that are not life-threatening include stomach pains and bloatedness. For these, it’s best to visit an urgent care centre for treatment. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGESIf an elderly person has a fall and is still awake and alert, you can take them to urgent care to get scanned, shares Dr Sanjeev. However, if they are barely conscious, confused and cannot eat or show symptoms of a stroke, it’s best to take them to the A&E department immediately.
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