CNA938 Rewind - Emergency or not, why do patients head straight to hospitals’ emergency departments?

Emergency departments at three public hospitals in Singapore reported longer waiting times, due to a high number of patients on Wednesday. The news came a day after health authorities said they were monitoring a rise in Covid-19 cases. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the possible reasons patients are more inclined to visit emergency departments at hospitals despite the longer waiting times relative to the GP clinics even in non-emergency situations with Dr Ian Mathews, Senior Consultant, National University Hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine