YISHUN MEDICAL CENTRE

Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Minister for Health, since the completion of Yishun Medical Centre, how many units in the Centre have already been taken up and how many are still left vacant; what are the services provided by the tenants already functioning in the Centre; and when the Centre will be fully operational.

BG George Yong-Boon Yeo: Ten out of the 26 units in Yishun Medical Centre have been leased out. They are to a general practitioner and a dentist who are sharing one unit, an obstetric and gynaecology practice, a surgical practice, a clinical laboratory and an X-ray clinic. Five units have been leased out to a Child Care Centre.

The Ministry is looking into various means to attract more doctors and other health related professionals to lease the remaining units.