Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

We no longer provide Covid-19 vaccination services in NHCS.

If you are medically eligible, you may register for your vaccination to be done at the community vaccination centres. For more information, visit vaccine.gov.sg.

As Circuit Breaker measures eased, we are gradually seeing more patients at the Clinic.

Before you postpone your clinic appointment, do let us check with your doctor if it is safe to do so, or work out if a phone or video consultation is an appropriate alternative. For assistance on this, please call our appointment call centre at 6704 2000.

If you are feeling unwell and have strong concern about your condition, we suggest that you come back for our doctor to review soon.

Please call our appointment call centre at 6704 2000 for an earlier appointment date or use the Health Buddy app to reschedule your appointment to an earlier date. As the earlier appointment slots are subject to availability, please seek urgent attention at the nearest hospital Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department if you feel that your condition has worsened.

It is mandatory to wear a mask when you leave the house. Please note that only one accompanying person is allowed to come with you for the visit.

Please postpone your appointment if you and your accompanying person:

• Have travelled overseas in the last 14 days, or
• Have any flu-like symptoms (e.g. fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, loss of taste/smell)
• Come in close contact with someone who is a confirmed Covid-19 case or part of the Covid-19 cluster

Please call our appointment call centre at 6704 2000 to reschedule your appointment.

For the safety of our patients and staff, all visitors and patients have to go through temperature screening and declaration at NHCS Level 2. You are also required to use the SafeEntry to check-in.

On the day of your visit and before arrival, please complete a declaration form at https://www.nhcs.com.sg/tdf. Keep the browser tab of your completed form open and show it to our staff at the screening station. Do note that screenshots of the form are not accepted. Anyone making false declarations can be prosecuted under the Infectious Diseases Act.

Remember to put on a mask when you leave home. Please note that only one accompanying person is allowed for your visit to minimise the risk of exposure to infection.

Our medical teams are working on split teams to cover different clinical areas. Hence you may not be seen by your usual doctor/team of doctors. Please be assured that you will be continued to be cared for by our doctors and the attending doctor is able to access your medical records for your consultation.

If you are feeling unwell because of flu-like symptoms (e.g. fever, runny nose, cough, sore-throat), it is best to reschedule your cardiac test appointment and instead seek medical attention at the nearest Public Health Preparedness Clinic (PHPC) for your flu-like symptoms.

If you are feeling very unwell, please proceed to the nearest Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department.

Do remember to wear a mask when you leave your house to visit the A&E or PHPC.

If you are on QO or SHN, you are not allowed to leave your place of residence. Please reschedule your outpatient appointment until your QO or SHN period is over and only come for the appointment if you have not exhibited any flu-like symptoms.

If you are staying with someone who is on QO or SHN, we would advise that you defer your outpatient appointment even if you are feeling well, and until the person under QO or SHN period is over. This is to minimise any potential contact with others in the event that the person under QO or SHN becomes symptomatic.

It is in your best interest that you check with your doctor if your medical condition allows you to postpone the upcoming procedure and surgery.

To do so, please contact the following:

• Interventional procedure (eg. Coronary Angiogram, Angioplasty, TAVI, MitraClip, etc.) you may call 6704 8692 (Short Stay Unit) or 6704 8666 (Cardiac Catheterisation Lab)
• Cardiac surgery (eg. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery, etc), you may call 6321 4560 (Ward 56)

Please refer to your admission kit provided to you during counselling for more information.

In the meantime, if you feel that your condition has worsened or you need more urgent attention, please seek treatment at the nearest A&E Department.

If you have the original prescription, you can choose to have your refill-medications delivered to your local home address. Please note that no changes can be made to the regular prescriptions through this service. For request on Home Delivery Service for Medicine, please call 6704 8032, email pharmacy@nhcs.com.sg or log on to the Health Buddy app.

If you do not have the original prescription and require the doctor to write a repeat prescription, please call 6704 2000, email repeat.med@nhcs.com.sg, or submit your refill order through the Health Buddy app.