SAF Ward @AH: How Do I Check-In? Via SAF Psychiatrist Refer?

sivenga SG

the SAF ward at Alexandra hospital

so any medics or patients been there before during ur NS days?

if u were a patient there, why were u admitted there? how long did u stay there? share ur experience

then if u were a medic, how long were u stationed there? any experiences with the patients? tell us....

goldevil SG

Thats the place for mental patients ?

i gt hear before .

I heard ppl get sent there for observation .

If confirmed psychosis or mental illness , get discharge .

eac SG

Originally posted by sivenga:

the SAF ward at Alexandra hospital

so any medics over there treated sivenga before during ur NS days?

if sivenga were a patient there, why were sivenga admitted there? how long did sivenga stay there? share sivenga experience

then if u were a medic, how long were u stationed there to treat sivenga? any experiences with the sivenga? tell us....

Rolling Eyes Twisted Evil Evil or Very Mad

^tamago^ SG

Hi Stooky. Laughing

goldevil SG

is it a psychiatric ward ?

sent there for observation ?

eac SG

yes it is.

and the threadstarter was AND STILL IS from there come out one. countless times liao.

NDU SG

ever stay there for 3 days before, kinda sian and boring.... but,... medic down there quite ok, they do take care of me.......
Mr. Green

sivenga SG

why u stay there???

goldevil SG

My uncle's son was deemed unfit for NS after the SAF ward doctor ruled out any form of pretence of mental illness .

he went NS with no prevaling mental illness .

they return u pink IC , give exemption notice with date and number . ( My frenz developed Schizophrenia after he went in NS . )

but they gt to c his parents , tell him y his son tio exempted .

wait for medical board to make PES offical .

then give exemption notice .

He eventually became well .......

allentyb SG

if you are lucky, you will have PES E, if you are even more luckier, you will get PES F, depends on whether that colonel will give you PES E or not

goldevil SG

if real cases like my relative , go in once , out of NS liao .

i think most cases are adjustment disorder or cant cope with stress .

goldevil SG

I want PES E .

F hard to find jobs .

colonel give 1 meh , I tot shrink say unfit still gt to go through medical board .

nid wait awhile .

allentyb SG

then depends on how you convince that colonel lor, oh between, that colonel is head of shrink, so do be tactful, and try to convince to them, how serious your case can be, given the fact that you have the background, so it shouldn't be a problem, i am quite surprise that you never got PES E, your status is temp or perm?

allentyb SG

that colonel is a shrink, himself.............. and last time, my PES E status also given by a colonel, i seen 3 MO and waited for almost 1 year under temp D until one day, i meet one colonel, and he give me PES E.

Rockhound SG

after office hours..patients became normal ppl...

during office hours...wayang arh!!!

nameuser SG

yap..can scout for many acting talents there...

goldevil SG

I perm pes C 1 L3 .

i havent enlist .

CMPB shrink give me PES C de .

Cos my condition is that i have GAD when I was in sec school but now my condition has been under control for a few years .

I do flare up ocasionally .

by right mental should be temp, when it expires , u go up , no change or down after it expires according to my psychiatrist who has some NS man as his patients .

dunno y perm ?

But I am nt physically fit so when chances are I will have panic attack in my BMT . I always have panic attack under great stress .

I can only do 3 pulllups , 2.4 just pass , sittups abt 40 in 1 min , shuttle run fail , SBJ 230 ......

I know the SAF ward because my uncle's son tio send there .

I think his case is serious , sent there 1 week for the first time and he gt discharged .

He never act .

will4 SG

I like to know if servicemen during their active days have been to SAF Ward or downgraded for this psychiatric problem, will they have any difficulty in getting

work once they left the service?

goldevil SG

sure hard to find jobs .

My relative did find 1 after so many attempts .

school also face problems .

the school application form nid to attach a copy enlistment exemption notice with time and date .

government sector impossible .

but 1 gd point of PES F is no nid exit permit when going overseas for a long period of time .

will4 SG

What kind of work ur relative applied for? Private or the civil service?

Which school ur relative applied to?