GEYLANG POLYCLINIC (Location and range of medical services)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe asked the Acting Minister for Health where the proposed Geylang Polyclinic will be located; what will be the range of medical services provided; and when it will be completed.

The Acting Minister for Health (Mr Yeo Cheow Tong): Mr Speaker, Sir, the proposed Geylang Polyclinic will be located along Geylang East Central between Aljunied Crescent and Aljunied Avenue.

The polyclinic will provide outpatient medical treatment to persons of all age groups, maternal and child health care, psychiatric outpatient care and dental care. It will also have a Senior Citizens' Health Care Centre providing day care and rehabilitation of the elderly and a laboratory. To ensure early detection of diseases, there will be programmes for screening of child development, cancers in women, and general health screening for adults and the elderly. Personal counselling and health education classes will also be conducted in the polyclinic.

Planning for the building of the polyclinic is in progress now. Construction work will begin in October 1991 and it is scheduled to be completed in February 1993.