You may experience extended waiting times, and patients requiring admission may need to wait several hours for a bed.
When clinically appropriate, our team can arrange transfers to other hospitals within the NHG Health cluster to help reduce wait times and ensure you receive suitable care.
Managing Life-Threatening Emergencies
Our Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest in the country. Our priority is to attend to patients with serious illnesses, injuries and life-threatening emergencies. Ward admission is prioritised for urgent and critically ill cases.
If your medical condition is not an emergency, please seek medical attention at your nearest or preferred General Practitioner (GP) or Polyclinic.
We provide 24-hour emergency services in trauma care, toxicology, observational medicine, pre-hospital emergency care, disaster medicine, and is one of the busiest emergency departments in Singapore. Our team provides medical expertise for emergencies which are sudden, urgent or unexpected occurrences that require immediate medical attention. The conditions include:
See Your Family Doctor for Non-emergency Conditions
Most non-emergency cases which are common and mild can be treated by visiting your family doctor. These include mild fever, small cuts or bruises, localised rash or insect bite, chronic aches and pains, cough and colds, superficial burn or scald, mild diarrhoea and vomiting.
Visit a
GPFirst clinic near you. If you require further medical attention, the GPFirst clinic will refer you to the nearest emergency department, and you will receive a $50 subsidy on the prevailing ED attendance fee.
Download Patient and Visitor Guide to the Emergency Department here (707 KB, PDF)
