By 2025, it will also introduce services catering to patients with dementia and mental health issues.
Located within the new Pasir Ris Mall, the facility is four times bigger than before and has added dental and physiotherapy services.
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, who attended the opening of the redeveloped facility, said: “Our healthcare needs have evolved with the changing profile of our residents and the size of our town.” The planning and development of the new facility took about five years, Dr Koh said, adding that it has a staff strength of about 130, an increase of about 10 per cent to 20 per cent from its previous headcount.
Pasir Ris resident Wendy Wong, 72, said that while the new polyclinic is located farther from her flat, it is just a 10-minute bus ride away, and she would be able to shop at the supermarket when she goes to see a doctor. The polyclinic will also serve as an Academic Family Medicine Centre, dedicated to training doctors under the family medicine residency programme.Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who attended the polyclinic’s opening on Oct 7, noted that Singapore’s polyclinics managed almost seven million outpatient visits a year, including 40 per cent of the country’s chronic care patient load. “Primary care accounts for about 15 to 20 per cent of total healthcare spending,” he said.
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