ABUSE OF CHILD, SPOUSE AND ELDERLY

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Health if he will give the sex disaggregated breakdown for each of the categories of cases of child abuse, spouse abuse and elderly abuse seen at government and restructured hospitals in 1995 and the percentage of repeat cases in each category.

BG George Yong-Boon Yeo: Child Abuse

The number of cases of child abuse seen in government and the restructured hospitals in 1995 was 152. This comprised 62 male and 90 female children.

Spouse Abuse

The total number of abused women seen at public sector hospitals in 1995 was 446.

Elderly Abuse

With regard to abuse of the elderly, a total of 119 cases were seen in public hospitals in 1995. Of this, 34 were male and 85 female elderly.

There is no information on the number of repeat cases in each of the above categories of abused cases.