Those are <5% of doctors, old ones from the old days when specialty training spots were widely available and the road to being consultant was the fast track. Most now slog it out in the polyclinic/hospital - you just don't realise it.
If cars were a comparison, think public transport or cheap japanese cars.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
based on my recent visits to some specialist clinic, doctors in Singapore are extremely rich.
* hospital carpark has the highest concentration of luxury cars, way more than top banks building in CBD
* specialist hourly rate is SGD500+. Of course usually you don't pay that much because you don't sit there chat for an hour with them. But SGD200 for a 10-15 mins consultation is very typical
* a standard day surgery costs ~3X in specialist/private hospital compare to public hospital. a colonoscopy was quoted SGD4k-8k, which is a 30-45 mins non-intrusive operation only, in public hospital is only 1k+
after retire, if no medical insurance, can serious consider going JB or Thailand or even China for medical care
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