The Local Doctor Clinic is a neighbourhood clinic on Telok Blangah Heights in Bukit Merah, on the first floor of 61 Telok Blangah Heights. It was set up by Dr Joel Lee, and the website describes the clinic as serving the local community close to home. It is a CHAS clinic.
The website offers video consultations, after which a treatment plan can be prescribed. Medicines can be ordered for delivery within the day, in discreet packaging, or collected from the clinic during opening hours. Opening hours are Monday and Wednesday from 8.30am to 1pm and from 6pm to 9.30pm, and Tuesday and Thursday from 8.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Bookings and questions go to +65 6019 0409 during clinic hours.
Patients say Dr Lee is patient, knowledgeable and kind, takes time to explain the diagnosis, and does not rush the consultation. One patient says the clinic has no long wait and most visits are finished in 10 to 15 minutes. Another patient with a migraine and repeated vomiting says the cause was found and explained. A patient with a knee problem says they were referred to Singapore General Hospital for further tests, and the clinic followed up within the day. Patients also praise the comfortable chairs, the cool room and the polite nurse.
Within a kilometre there are 12 other doctors. Of the 11 with more than 10 reviews, none is rated higher than this clinic. Bliss Medical Clinic is 0.2 km away, and HeartlandHealth Telok Blangah Drive is 0.4 km away. Our pick in Bukit Merah for a neighbourhood doctor you can see without a long wait.