How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It could be that the handsome aesthetic doctor botched up the job
So he had to marry her

Got me thinking which silly doctor wants to marry his or her patients..

Can anyone shed light on salaries in private hospitals here? E.g IM, Paeds, Cardio, Surgical subspec etc. I recently saw on reddit that malaysian private specialists paeds can make 60-70k MYR = ~20k sgd. Which is similar to consultant pay in public hospital here. I would imagine private salaries are much higher in sg then?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can anyone shed light on salaries in private hospitals here? E.g IM, Paeds, Cardio, Surgical subspec etc. I recently saw on reddit that malaysian private specialists paeds can make 60-70k MYR = ~20k sgd. Which is similar to consultant pay in public hospital here. I would imagine private salaries are much higher in sg then?

Don’t compare Malaysia with SG. It’s a pathetic world out there in Malaysia. Yes it’s really that bad. Salary of a private GP in Malaysia is less than that of a registered nurse in Singapore after factoring in the exchange rate. That’s why medicine is dying in Malaysia. Who will want to spend so much time and money studying to be a doctor in Malaysia, when they can make more money as a school leaver plumber in Singapore?

Back to your question, the range is not fixed in private because you are running your own practice. But generally it’s at least 1.5-2 times higher than public.

60-70k MYR (20k)?? Lol.. even an AC in public makes more than that after factoring in clinical allowance/oncall/bonus… Shows you how badly bad doctors are in Malaysia. Even a private peds C only makes 20k a month…

Did any of bros classmates end up doing a phd?
Wonder how do these phds do in later specialty selection and whether all of these physician scientists have very solid preclinical science knowledge

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Did any of bros classmates end up doing a phd?
Wonder how do these phds do in later specialty selection and whether all of these physician scientists have very solid preclinical science knowledge

Got lei.
Material sci PhD.
Open a company.
Ipo.
Last I heard wife bought a GCB.
Never keep in contact though

If stay on at a restructured hospital as SC non procedural/surgical, what age cross 400k and what age cross 500k ? If male.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Got lei.
Material sci PhD.
Open a company.
Ipo.
Last I heard wife bought a GCB.
Never keep in contact though

Not doctor ba for material science phd?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Did any of bros classmates end up doing a phd?
Wonder how do these phds do in later specialty selection and whether all of these physician scientists have very solid preclinical science knowledge

Valedictorian of my class from Raffles did a MD-Phd programme. Book smart but very nerdy and clueless on financial literacy. He’s specialised in oncology and is working as a clinical scientist at A* now.

Meanwhile the guy who graduated the bottom of my class went on to study med in flinders Australia. And opens up 5 aesthetic clinics.

Book smart does not equal to wealth. That valedictorian knows nothing about investments. Try talking to him about stocks or crypto, he’s totally clueless. Saves his salary in a depreciating bank account. Truly 书呆子, 无药可治!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If stay on at a restructured hospital as SC non procedural/surgical, what age cross 400k and what age cross 500k ? If male.

Until you are balding lol

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Until you are balding lol

Surgical con can touch 400k at around 35-36 and SC 42-43 so it’s not too bad. Around 500-600k at 42-43 until 55 then retire not so bad