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“Hey, the trip to the doctor’s was pretty fast and hassle-free!” said no one ever.
The truth is when you’re sick, all you want to do is to lie down and get some much-needed sleep. Besides, if you start feeling sick in the middle of the night, you’ll need to hunt for a doctor available at the ungodly hour to attend to you. In some cases, you may even feel worse from heading out to the doctor’s given the recent concern about Singapore’s air quality *cough hotspot in Johor could bring haze cough*.
Well, going to the doctor’s may be no biggie now with the newly launched Doctor World app, where you can live video-call a Singapore-licensed doctor (available 24/7) right in the comfort of your home. All doctors onboard Doctor World are authorized to make clinical assessments based on the patient’s medical history and symptoms, prescribe medication, and issue sick leave and referral letters (much like the routines you’re familiar at GP clinics).
Wondering what you can teleconsult a doctor for? Well, teleconsultation is suitable for a whole range of non-emergency medical conditions including but not limited to:
Cough and cold / Sore throat / Constipation and diarrhea / Skin irritation and rashes / Acne / Headache and migraine / Urinary tract infection / Menstrual issues / Gastric problems / Conjunctivitis (without visual disturbances) / Eyelid problems / Well-controlled chronic illnesses that have already been routinely followed up
For patients, this means that your doctor’s visit can be much more convenient with round-the-clock teleconsults and medication delivery without even having to step out of the house. Simply put, this means cutting out the hassles of traveling and clinic queues, and at comparatively lower costs, since consultation fees for teleconsults are generally cheaper than that of in-clinic consults.
We reckon you were waiting to hear about the cost, right? For a 15-minute teleconsultation, it costs SG$18 nett all day, every day. Medication is charged separately. The entire experience will be cashless and paperless (hallelujah — one less headache), where you can make payment with your debit or credit card.
A major plus is that your medication can be delivered 24/7, even at the oddest hours (say, at 3am after your sinfully unhealthy supper), so that you can quickly treat your condition – all at no extra costs since the delivery fee is included in the consultation fee already. Of course, if you need an MC or referral letter, it will be emailed to you as well.
Also, it would be utterly frustrating if you were to miss out any key information from the teleconsultation given your dazed, sick state. To counter such problems, Doctor World generates a consultation report to refresh your memory about the diagnosis and prescribed medication. To put it simply, you can easily track past consultations and consultation history all within the app.
Sick or not, you might find it handy to download the Doctor World app now, should you need it in the future. Beyond 24-hour teleconsultations, the app also enables you to book medical appointments, buy health products and get up-to-date health information.
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