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• Our clinic is licensed for legal Abortion Services.
• The abortion services procedure is painless. It is done under sedation and is safe. General anaesthesia may be arranged on request.
• Abortion procedures take about 15 to 30 minutes.
• Patients rest in the recovery room for about 2 hours and back to normal. Estimated cost for abortion procedure ranges from S$900 onwards (Medisave claim S$900 can be used)
depending on the size.
• Not including other charges stated below:
1. consultation
5. ultrasound scan
3. anaesthesia
4. operating theatre & recovery bed
2. medicine
• Medisave and financial assistant case-to-case basis can be arranged
Abortion Procedures |
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1. Please call 6736 3331 for an appointment. Please bring with you your identity card (NRIC), work permit and passport to the clinic for the appointment.
2. After seeing the doctor, you will be counselled for the procedure with the viewing of the counselling video.
3. After counselling, you can go through the procedure after 48 hours for Singapore citizens or PR. Proper consideration with all options is advised.
4. The procedure of TOP usually takes about 15-30 minutes and patient will rest for about 2-3 hours after the procedure for observation and for recovery from the sedation. This is safe and painless.
5. You are recommended to have a post operation examination in 1 week and 4 weeks when you should experience a new menstrual cycle. The urine will take 2-3 weeks to turn negative.
6. Please come to the A&E of the Mt Elizabeth Hospital (Tel: 6731 2218) should you have an emergency or call us at 6736 3331. The doctor will attend to you. You may also call the clinic during office hours at 6736 3331 for any help.
The doctor will attend to you. You may also call the clinic during office hours at 6736 3331 for any help.
Termination of Pregnancy
It is the most widely used method of birth control in the world. It has been estimated that nearly 1 in 4 pregnancies are terminated, many illegally. There has been a gradual liberalization of laws, and today well over 75% of the world's population live in countries where abortion is to a greater or lesser extent legal. Different countries have different laws. The limit varies from 20 to 24 weeks in various countries. In Singapore, it is legal on socio-medical ground. The legal limit is 24 weeks pregnancy.
Types of Abortion
1. Suction aspiration - also called vacuum curettage or STOP (suction termination of pregnancy). Sometimes it is done with the abortion procedure called D & C (dilatation and curettage). This is similar to the above but using a bigger constant suction machine. It is meant for pregnancies less than 14 weeks. This is one of the safest and simplest method in surgical procedure.
2. Prostagladins - this is a medication to induce early labour as suction is not easy to perform for bigger pregnancies. It can be used till 24 weeks, the legal limit in Singapore.
3. Hysterotomy - this is used in cases where prostagladin method fails. The fetus is surgically removed in a process similar to Caesarean section. This is not often done as the above method usually works well.
4. Medical abortion is provided by Lien Clinic as part of our service to early unplanned pregnancy.
Advantages:
1. Avoid surgery and anaesthesia.
2. Greater privacy.
3. Cheaper
Disadvantages:
1. Failure rate studies showed around 5 to 10%, higher for bigger pregnancies.
2. Expect some pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding.
3. Some side effects of medicine may occur like nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and fever.
Illegal Practice of Termination of Pregnancy
"Back-street" and self-induced abortions are still present - worldwide they cause 30-50% of all maternal deaths from pregnancy and childbirth. With the improvement of childbirth, this figure may be even higher. The complications arise mainly from unhygienic and unskillful termination of pregnancy resulting in infection, injuries and hemorrhage.
Quite often patients need further care by qualified gynecologists for incomplete abortion or complications.
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