toorak_girl wrote:Ideally around either Novena or City Hall area
Generally, I find Raffles Medical clinics to be pretty ok. They do prescribe a range of medication that is needed (so you don't have to keep going back if something doesn't work), but you can always ask them whether any of them are unnecessary.
I've been to the one in Raffles City, but no specific doctor. They're No. 10 on the list if you want to check them out at
http://www.nta.org.sg/pdf/RafflesMedica ... isting.pdf
doctors are generally not suppose to prescribe "unnecessary" medication... so if you have to ask, then you will likely be told they are all necessary (with perhaps an exception made for supplements that may not sound like supplements at first glance).
there are good GPs that really do a good job in this regard but they tend to be one man shows not likely to be located near City Hall.
my 2c.
the doctor usually does not have time to go through the list of medications and what it does for a patient's illness UNLESS the patient is willing to pay for an extended consult.
so what a patient can do is, when the medication has been dispensed, ask to take a look at all of them before paying.
if you're getting generic OTC stuff like antipyretics which you already have (or stuff you don't want), you can decline them.
the clinic assistant will then tell the dr (you'll have to wait until the current patient in the consultation room leaves) and then the dr will remove it from the records and the assistant will then proceed to change your bill.
alternatively, you are free to ask for a prescription (for all or some of the stuff prescribed) and buy them at a pharmacy at your own time.
This way I don't have to wait during dispensing.
