the doctor only report the statistic to MOH, there's nothing much the doctor at anonymous clinic can do. are they going to demand the particulars from the patient? and call for police if they refuse to furnish the details?
most of the time, the patient will only reveal his/her hiv status is when they want to get cheap medicine from the public hospital, or use their medisave to pay for their medication.
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Originally Posted by Hawthorns
I beg to correct your statement. Here in SGP doctors will lose their license if they fail to report any positive case. Initially it was just a directive from MoH later to be endorsed by the SMC which even put this requirement into stone by making it a punishable offence leading up to suspension and/or revoking the doctor's licence.
MoH took the cue from the SMC stsnce and eventually made it into statutory law. It is now a legal requirement for all medical personnel to report a positive case.... even for a supposedly anonymous test.
In simple layman lingo..... there is no such thing as Anonymous if ever your test result comes out positive.
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