Trust between patients and GPS key for Healthier SG
The Straits Times|October 05, 2022
MPs who spoke on shift to preventive care also say move is long overdue
Lee Li Ying
Trust between patients and GPS key for Healthier SG

Since Workers' Party MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC) was just five, she and her family were taken care of by their family doctor, whom she remembers for his gentle humour, patience and smiling countenance.

Naming him only as Dr Goh, Ms He said: "Doctor's visits never felt stressful whether it was for a flu infection or a routine follow-up."

His nurses got to know her entire family, which included two ageing grandmothers, well enough to automatically pull out their patient cards without them having to provide their registration details.

Dr Goh also won the trust of Ms He's parents, and her mother could call him up whenever she had any medical, or even quasimedical, concerns, said Ms He as she recounted the close relationship the doctor had with her family.

Such trusting relationships between doctor and patient are what the Healthier SG initiative hopes to achieve.

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