How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Hi all. I am an Emergency physician in Hong Kong. We always have long waiting time in our ED (average 4-8 hours) and in SOPDs. Medical wards are always above 100% occupancy Lol.

I have read through the posts in this thread, and found out that, despite Singapore has been open to foreign medical graduates for long time, doctors still need to work for > 80 hours a week? I suppose, with sufficient doctors, the workload will be less.

And how about medical service and waiting times? Is it difficult to see a doctor for Singaporeans?

How about those “3rd world graduates”? Do they confer to more medical errors? How do you think their performance is? Bad or good?

Tks for replying! Cheers!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

s://medicfootprints.org/singapore/medical-salaries-employment-singapore/

Is this article bs ? Geriatricians earning upwards of 25000 and the working hours directive in sg. Can't work more than 44 hours a week and overtime can be more than 14 hours.

Salary definitely rubbish, max you can get is probably SC pay. There's no procedures in Geri so very unlikely.

Noted that there is a shortage of AC jobs generally, but how about generalist like gm and Geri, are they affected by the shortage of consultant posts as well?

What is the annual wage increment like for chronic MOs?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is the annual wage increment like for chronic MOs?

100-250. About 2-5%

Can I ask to be a gp in Singapore, how important are qualifications like gdfm, mmed(family medicine), fellowship (family medicine)?
Thinking of doing them but they are really expensive.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

100-250. About 2-5%

Wow that is really low compared to other government sectors getting ~5-8%.. So sad

Do we get paid extra for completing MRCP part 1 or MRCS part 1 ? Do they add up to give 1000 extra pm if u complete both mrcp and MRCS ?

Salary package for MO is between 16-17 months meaning the pay for 1st year MO will be 4950 (NS) + 240*4 (calls) = 5910. So 1 year including bonuses = 5910*16= 94560 per annum?

After CPF and income tax 94560*0.7= 66192 per annum take home ? So monthly = 66192/12= 5516 per month (including NS and calls)

Does that seem right ?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Do we get paid extra for completing MRCP part 1 or MRCS part 1 ? Do they add up to give 1000 extra pm if u complete both mrcp and MRCS ?

Salary package for MO is between 16-17 months meaning the pay for 1st year MO will be 4950 (NS) + 240*4 (calls) = 5910. So 1 year including bonuses = 5910*16= 94560 per annum?

After CPF and income tax 94560*0.7= 66192 per annum take home ? So monthly = 66192/12= 5516 per month (including NS and calls)

Does that seem right ?

No. Must be full mrcs. Part 1 is zero dollar. Bonus is based on basic pay of 4950. Allowance not counted as computation of bonus.

Most civil service is 2-5% increment, unless there is an promotion in grade.

Like wise when you promote from ho to mo, you get over 30% increase.

I suggest hk or south Korea. Better renumeration there.

Thanks for your reply!

So 1 month= 4950 basic + 240*4 calls = 5910 before tax and CPF
After tax and CPF = 5910*0.7 = 4137 per month take home

But including bonuses assuming 16 months package

Total annual income before tax and CPF = 4950*16 + 240*4*12 = 90720
Total annual income after tax and CPF = 90720*0.7 = 63504
CPF = 90720*0.2 = 18144
Total earned = 18144 + 63504 = 81648 per annum including CPF

So actually we are earning about 81648/12 = 6807 per month, but we take home only 4137 per month

Is that correct?