Pulau Tekong Ferry Service & Medical Centre: Open Time? How?
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Anyone knows if the Medical Centre is open on Saturdays? And what about
the Saf Ferry Terminal Time schedule, Saturdays also.
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Source: www.ns.sg
The Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) located on Pulau Tekong has two medical centres. These are Pulau Tekong Medical Centre (PTMC) and Rocky Hill Medical Centre. The medical centres have trained medical personnel and doctors and are fully equipped with facilities to see SAF servicemen (including recruits) who report sick, seek medical PES reviews as well as manage medical emergencies. In addition, PTMC has dental facilities, x-ray service as well as physiotherapy services. PTMC is also a 24-hour medical centre with Medical Officers on duty throughout the day.
If I do not feel well during training, how do I report sick?
You can report sick at any time should you not feel well as PTMC is manned 24/7. Please approach your BMTC instructors, who will be able to facilitate your medical consultation at the medical centre. Our fully-qualified SAF Medical Officers will make the necessary clinical assessment and the appropriate medical recommendations. You should not be apprehensive about being unfairly viewed or treated for reporting sick if you are ill.
I have heard about instances of training-related injuries during BMT. What will happen if I am injured during training?
You will be rendered immediate first aid by trained personnel on-site. Apart from the on-site Medic, your commanders and peers can also perform first aid as all instructors and recruits are trained in Buddy Aid as part of BMT. If required, an SAF ambulance or safety vehicle will bring you to the nearest medical centre (either PTMC or Rocky Hill Medical Centre), where you will be attended to by a Medical Officer.
Are SAF medical centres equipped to treat me for serious injuries?
All SAF medical centres have emergency resuscitation facilities to treat medical emergencies. The medical centres are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities (such as body cooling units) to treat a variety of emergency medical conditions. Medical Officers and Medics are trained and qualified in emergency resuscitation skills and the use of such life-saving medical equipment. After these immediate, medical treatment measures are administered and the casualty is stabilised, he will then be evacuated to the hospital for further treatment.
How will I be transferred from Pulau Tekong to mainland Singapore if I need to be referred to the hospital?
Depending on the nature and severity of your medical condition, the evacuation from Pulau Tekong to mainland Singapore can be via air or sea-land means. Urgent cases will be airlifted by helicopter to a designated restructured hospital in Singapore with a helicopter landing point. Non-urgent cases will be ferried by fastcraft to the SAF Ferry Terminal (at mainland Singapore), where the serviceman will then be transferred via a SAF ambulance to the nearest restructured hospital.
I read in online forums about the "Tekong cough", which affects many recruits shortly after commencing BMT. Is it true?
The "Tekong cough" is a myth.The following addresses the misconceptions surrounding this myth.
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Please call the 24/7 NS hotline at 1800-3676767 to speak to a customer service officer.
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Please call the 24/7 NS hotline at 1800-3676767 to speak to a customer service officer.
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Please call the 24/7 NS hotline at 1800-3676767 to speak to a customer service officer.
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Please call the 24/7 NS hotline at 1800-3676767 to speak to a customer service officer.
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I called the hotline 1800-3676767, but they also not sure.
Anyway, I found out myself by going there personally. PTMC is also a 24-hour medical centre with Medical Officers on duty throughout the day.
For medical review, you can only do so from Monday to Friday during office hours.
The SAF Ferry will operating on Saturdays. 0830, 0930,1030...etc.
At Pulau Tekong, it will be 0800,0900,1000...etc.
The ferry schedule before 8am I didn't notice.