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SINGAPORE : Family doctors are all for the Government's announcement on Monday to let patients use Medisave to pay for the outpatient treatment of some chronic illnesses. 1 r( F) X' |. f
The move, they say, will allow private general practitioners to follow up with patients in the long term, and to provide them with more comprehensive care. % X5 Z! ?& ~6 P6 N
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But some GPs have some concerns over operational costs and stretched resources.
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It is a squeeze at polyclinics now, with patients going there for both acute and chronic health conditions.- M% P4 A' I) i- h- z
6 F! g; O6 N8 K* j5 d4 AAllowing them to use Medisave for chronic illnesses will make outpatient treatment at private clinics more affordable.. G, q u5 T5 q- a2 E9 p
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It will also help ease the bottlenecks at polyclinics. 6 N' q7 F3 |! d0 |
, G U# @$ ^2 C- Z1 u; b9 b. ~3 R* ZThe College of Family Physicians, an academic body of GPs, says it expects most of its 1,200 member doctors to sign up for the Health Ministry's scheme to manage chronic illnesses in the community.: n! k ]8 o9 `4 m# b) D
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Said Dr Cheng Heng Lee, honorary secretary, College of Family Physicians Singapore, "The College feels it is a move in the right direction to allow Medisave to be used for the chronic conditions like these four diseases. The advantage of the patients coming to the GP is, first of all, the GPs are very close to them. We have very good knowledge of their family, of themselves, and therefore we can give very personalised services to them." |
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