[forum456]

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/for...letters-67
Recently, I went to a polyclinic to consult a doctor over some floaters in my eye.

The doctor suggested I see a specialist, and the polyclinic referred me to the Singapore National Eye Centre.

The earliest appointment is in January 2025, a nine-month wait. I am not sure if this is the normal waiting time or if there is a shortage of eye doctors at the centre.

Perhaps the eye centre can outsource some of its workload to the private sector to reduce the long waiting time.

Lim Soon Heng

[animeonegai]

Who's Lim soon Heng. Yes it's normal. Through public. Private faster. 3 mths. Go jb even faster. Pick what u want. Floaters very common.

[red3]

There is not enough foreign eye doctors to hire. Not interested in local medical graduates.

[Sharexchange]

Our efficient medical authority...what you expect.

[forum456]

it is not the shortage of doctors.

because our population has increased to 6 millions or more.

MOM already said more new jobs are going to foreigners.

[Migrant]

Eye problems, case by case. 
Not so urgent, floaters, starting of cataract.

[winbig]

Eye problems, case by case. 
Not so urgent, floaters, starting of cataract.

Floaters is the degradation of the vitreous. There's risk of retina detachment in some people.

[Migrant]

Floaters is the degradation of the vitreous. There's risk of retina detachment in some people.

I ve floaters for years now. 
Just like a black dot that sometimes move around. You get use to it and life goes on. 
Unless that floaters are unbearable, then it's urgent.

[winbig]

I ve floaters for years now. 
Just like a black dot that sometimes move around. You get use to it and life goes on. 
Unless that floaters are unbearable, then it's urgent.

Yes, floaters are inevitable as we age. The vitreous will degrade and slowly detach from the retina as we age. It's this detachment that we have be to be careful about.

[Alice Alicia]

Mine is next February.

[Huliwang]

Knnah  floaters wait 9 months only kpkb for F...k. It is not 9 years.     

[Wy:Nox]

I do not find 9 mths wait as acceptable. If 4-6 months, it is still OK.

The population hike due to open floodgates has been around for more than a decade.  Shouldn’t we open up more  medical placements in  NUS/ NTU the last few years? Are is this Govt just being too complacent?

[forum456]

if the 10 person queue, 9 persons are citizens and 1 person is foreigner, the wait is acceptable.

if the 10 person queue, 9 persons are foreigners and 1 person is citizen, the wait is unacceptable.

i think the 50% of the queue are foreigners.

[EvertonDiehard]

it is not the shortage of doctors. because our population has increased to 6 millions or more. MOM already said more new jobs are going to foreigners.

Up to 1,000 doctors leave the public sector for private practice every year in SG. That is why it is possible to get a same day appt to see a private specialist, but more than 6 months to consult one in a restructured hospital's specialist clinic.

[lvlrsSTI]

There is not enough foreign eye doctors to hire. Not interested in local medical graduates.

They opened so many new hospitals and polyclinics yet there is shortage of doctors and nurses everywhere. Heard some of the doctors have been transferred to the new hospitals/polyclinics. To see a doctor or dentist in government hospital the average waiting time is 3 months or more. Those elderly who suffer from cancers may die if they are unable be see a specialist and get treated urgently.

[talky]

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/for...letters-67
Recently, I went to a polyclinic to consult a doctor over some floaters in my eye.

The doctor suggested I see a specialist, and the polyclinic referred me to the Singapore National Eye Centre.

The earliest appointment is in January 2025, a nine-month wait. I am not sure if this is the normal waiting time or if there is a shortage of eye doctors at the centre.

Perhaps the eye centre can outsource some of its workload to the private sector to reduce the long waiting time.

Lim Soon Heng

nuh is faste rard 6 mths