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Appointment Line

Appointment Line. Disciplines in Clinic 3B. Cardiology. General Cardiology. Sub-Specialty. Adult Congenital Heart ACC Arrhythmia PCI HFC Pacemaker. Head: Dr Aneez Dr Keerthi (Reg) Dr Fazul (Reg) Sweaty Palm. Thoracic (Lung). Plastic Surgery. Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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Appointment Line

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  1. Appointment Line

  2. Disciplines in Clinic 3B Cardiology General Cardiology Sub-Specialty Adult Congenital Heart ACC Arrhythmia PCI HFC Pacemaker Head: Dr Aneez Dr Keerthi (Reg) Dr Fazul (Reg) Sweaty Palm Thoracic (Lung) Plastic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery No CTVS surgeon from TTSH. All visiting consultants from NUH. Runs CTVS CL on Wed and Fri Only seeing reconstructive surgery Aesthetic procedures done at Clinic 2B Cardiothoracic (Heart)

  3. How to make appointments • Patients must be referred to the clinic by: • Polyclinics • Specialist Outpatient Clinics (SOCs) • TTSH Wards/ Renci Hosp/ Rehab wards • Other restructured hospitals (RH) • GPs under the CHAS scheme

  4. Visit Types

  5. Patient Class

  6. Referral Letter Validity First 6 months from date of issue Repeat 1 year from doctor’s last seen date

  7. Polyclinic Referrals

  8. Polyclinic Referrals

  9. Polyclinic Referrals

  10. Appt Urgency for Polyclinic Referrals • Routine • Mostly handled by Contact Center staff unless no appointment slots can be found (usually for Plastic / CTVS cases) • Direct Access (NHG) & Fast Track (SingHealth) • Appointments that are deemed more urgent • Doctor to screen for TCU duration • Appointment to be given within TCU duration stated No further action required after giving appointment in system UNLESS appointment given is in short notice Indicate in comment for DA / FT appointments: DA (name of polyclinic) (date of referral) SCR (doctor’s name) TCU (duration) eg, DA HOUGANG POLY SCR DR JULIAN TCU 2/52

  11. TTSH Emergency Dept referral • 3 types of referrals for all disciplines (CVM, CTVS, Plastic) • Routine / Early / Urgent – HOT • Routine ED Referrals handled by ED staff • Early or Urgent – HOT referrals to be screened by Dr before making appt • Urgent – HOT appt to be faxed back to ED and recorded in file *Check for existing appt or open case before sending it for screening*

  12. Calling wards within TTSH Alternatively, the ward contact number can also be found at the top right hand corner of the discharge appointment

  13. Ward Discharges • Always check for existing open case under the same discipline & sub specialty

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