Petite Practice is a bespoke paediatric and allergy clinic at 467C Joo Chiat Road in Katong, caring for newborns, babies and children up to the age of 16. Established in 2023, it was founded to bridge the evolving healthcare needs of children and families in Singapore's East, in a neighbourhood known for its Peranakan culture, heritage shophouses and vibrant eateries.
The clinic understands that a visit to the doctor can be intimidating for children, so care is delivered in a calm, friendly environment designed to keep visits positive and pleasant. Consultations and evaluations are tailored to the specific needs of each individual child, with a philosophy of holistic healing and minimising the use of medications where possible.
Its paediatricians have varied subspecialty training and interests, offering well baby and child checkups, immunisations per the Singapore schedule (plus additional travel and home-country vaccines), non-invasive newborn jaundice monitoring, and evaluation and management of common childhood illnesses from fevers and coughs to tummy troubles. Allergy care is a particular focus, with pain-free skin tests, allergy counselling and written allergy and anaphylaxis action plans. Visits are by appointment only, and teleconsultations with home medication delivery are available.
On a quiet stretch of Joo Chiat Road, among the heritage shophouses and Peranakan charm of Katong, Petite Practice has set out to make a visit to the doctor feel less intimidating for children. Established in 2023, this bespoke paediatric clinic serves the healthcare needs of children and families in Singapore's East, caring for everyone from newborns to young people up to the age of 16. Its motto — Touching Lives, One Child At a Time — is a simple promise that shapes everything the clinic does.
Consultations at Petite Practice are tailored to the specific needs of each individual child. The team believes in holistic healing and works to minimise the use of medications in children where possible, and evaluations lean non-invasive too — the paediatricians aim to reduce the need for blood investigations and imaging wherever they reasonably can. Parents are treated as partners: during consultations the doctor shares knowledge of basic conditions and detailed guidance on management, so families feel empowered to care for their children through common childhood illnesses as well as more chronic conditions such as allergies. The clinic understands that seeing a doctor can be daunting for little ones, so care is delivered in a calm and friendly environment designed to keep visits positive and pleasant.
Preventive care sits at the heart of the practice. Well baby and child checkups, regular vaccinations and health screenings allow the clinic to monitor a child's development and safeguard them against illness. These sessions are as much about reassurance as medicine — a chance to track growth, ask questions and catch potential health issues early. Newborns receive non-invasive monitoring of jaundice, and immunisations follow the Singapore schedule, with additional vaccines available for families keeping to a home country's schedule or heading overseas.
When children do fall ill, the clinic evaluates and manages the full range of common childhood conditions — fevers, respiratory tract infections, wheezing, chronic coughs, vomiting, diarrhoea and constipation among them. The aim, as the team puts it, is to support children through the experience and help them get back to their healthy selves quickly.
Allergy care is where Petite Practice particularly shines. Dr Mohana Rajakulendran provides in-depth evaluation of allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema, hives and food allergies, alongside respiratory and drug allergies. The clinic offers pain-free skin tests to identify triggers, allergy counselling, and written allergy and anaphylaxis action plans that families can follow at home. Early identification of allergies, the team believes, does more than relieve immediate symptoms — it improves a child's overall health and quality of life, allowing them to enjoy a childhood free from the limitations allergies can impose.
That expertise has found a public audience too: Dr Mohana appeared on Vasantham Mediacorp's programme Ethiroli (Season 19, Episode 26), explaining the skin prick test procedure alongside topics like dust mite allergy and food allergy.
Petite Practice operates by appointment only. Online booking covers four visit types — well kids, sick kids, allergy and adolescent — while children with complex or multiple concerns are encouraged to arrange a longer consultation through the contact form, ideally offering three preferred dates and timings. Same-day appointments may be available; simply call to enquire. Teleconsultations can also be arranged by phone or email at your convenience, with partner services delivering medications to your home after the consultation.
The clinic is located at 467C Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427678, an easy stop amid Katong's vibrant eateries and heritage streets. For many families in the East, having a dedicated children's clinic in the neighbourhood means expert paediatric care no longer means a trek into town. Hours run across weekday mornings plus Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, and Saturday mornings; the clinic closes on Sundays, public holidays and the fifth Saturday of each month. To book, call +65 6233 2191, WhatsApp +65 8096 2191, or email [email protected].