A doctor to your home in Katong, Marine Parade, Joo Chiat, Siglap and along East Coast Road — including the walk-up apartments and shophouses that make travel hardest.
The stretch from Katong through Marine Parade to Siglap has a housing mix that matters clinically: pre-war shophouses, low-rise walk-up apartments from the 1960s and 70s, and newer condominiums side by side. Many of the walk-ups have no lift.
That single fact drives a large share of our work here. A resident on the third floor of a walk-up with knee osteoarthritis or a recent hip operation cannot easily get down to a clinic and back — and often has not, for months. A home visit is not a convenience in that situation; it is the only realistic way the patient gets seen.
Parkway East Hospital in Joo Chiat is the closest hospital to most of this area and runs a 24-hour urgent care centre, including a paediatric urgent care service. Changi General Hospital in Simei is the nearest public emergency department, further east.
Proximity to Parkway East is genuinely useful here: where a case needs imaging or admission, the escalation is short, and the doctor briefs the receiving team before you go.
Walk-up apartments. Please tell us the floor when you book. Our doctors carry their equipment up without difficulty, but knowing in advance matters if the patient may need to be moved — a stretcher evacuation from a third-floor walk-up needs an ambulance crew, and it is better to arrange that in parallel than discover it on arrival.
Shophouses. Access is often via a narrow side or rear staircase, and the residential floor may not be obvious from the street. A unit number and a landmark help.
Parking. East Coast Road and the Joo Chiat side streets are tight in the evenings; expect the doctor to park a short walk away at busy times.
This is one of our more geriatric areas. Common calls: unwell elderly residents where the family cannot manage the stairs, post-discharge wound and medication review, catheter and mobility problems, and palliative patients being cared for at home by family.
Alongside that, Marine Parade and Siglap have young families in the newer condominiums, so paediatric evening calls are frequent. For end-of-life care at home, see palliative home care; for the weeks after a hospital stay, post-discharge care.
Yes — this is routine for us in this area. Please tell us the floor when you book. If the patient might need to be moved to hospital, knowing the stair situation in advance lets us arrange an ambulance crew in parallel.
Parkway East Hospital in Joo Chiat is the closest and has a 24-hour urgent care centre including paediatric urgent care. Changi General Hospital in Simei is the nearest public emergency department.
Yes. Access is often via a narrow side or rear staircase, so a unit number and a nearby landmark help the doctor find the right entrance quickly.
Yes. Alongside single visits we arrange scheduled reviews for patients who cannot easily travel — common in the walk-ups here. Ask us about ongoing arrangements when you call.
Urgent Care at Home
Contact: hello@urgentcareathome.sg · +65 8850 5133
If you need emergency or life-saving treatment, do not seek it through this service. Call 995 or go to the nearest Emergency Department immediately.