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Contact Dr Sulaiman: Colorectal and General Surgeon in Singapore
Consult Dr Sulaiman for an assessment and a personalised treatment plan. Same-day appointments may be available, and a scope is usually within the same week. WhatsApp the clinic to check what is open.
+65 8491 1525
Where he is, and when
Where he is, and when
5
Clinics across Singapore
Source: Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof, published clinic list
How the five sit across the island
- Central
- 4 of 5
- East
- 1 of 5
Source: Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof, published clinic list
6
Days the clinic is open each week
Source: Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof, published consulting hours
Message the clinic
One form, then the conversation carries on in WhatsApp.
The form asks for three things and nothing else: a name, a mobile number, and what the enquiry is about. It exists so that the clinic knows who is writing and roughly why before the thread starts, which is what lets the first reply be useful rather than a request for the same details again.
Leave your details first and we will open WhatsApp for you.
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Leave your details
A name, a number, and what it is about
WhatsApp opens
The thread starts from the same device
Pick a clinic and a time
Whichever of the five is easiest to reach
Say what is happening and roughly when you are free. Bleeding, a change in bowel habit, a lump, pain that has been there for weeks: none of it needs to be described carefully at this stage, and the clinic has heard it all before. What helps most is a rough sense of urgency and which side of the island you are coming from, so the reply can name a clinic and a slot rather than ask again.
Same-day appointments may be available, and a scope is usually within the same week. What is actually open changes from day to day and from clinic to clinic, so the honest answer is that the clinic reads the real diary rather than quotes a rule.
Nothing is booked when you send the form and no payment is taken. It is a message, and a message can go unanswered on your side too. If you change your mind, or the problem settles by itself, you owe nobody an explanation. That matters more than it sounds, because the commonest reason people do not write at all is a fear of being pulled into something they cannot stop.
If you would rather read first, the practice overview sets out what he treats and how a first appointment runs, on the services overview page, and his training and appointments are on the about Dr Sulaiman page.
Where he sees patients
Five clinics across Singapore.
Whichever is easiest to reach is the right one. The consultation, the surgeon and the notes are the same at all five, so the only thing the choice changes is your journey.
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof
Senior Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
Gleneagles Medical Centre6 Napier Road #06-16, Singapore 258499
- 6 Napier Road #06-16, Singapore 258499
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Napier Road, central
- 38 Irrawaddy Road, #10-48/49, Singapore 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena
Irrawaddy Road, Novena, central
- #05-08, 319 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore 427989
Parkway East Hospital
Joo Chiat Place, east
- #08-62, Medical Centre D, 820 Thomson Road, Singapore 574623
Mount Alvernia Hospital
Thomson Road, central
- #14-12, 1 Farrer Park Station Road, Singapore 217562
Farrer Park Medical Centre
Farrer Park Station Road, central
Four of the five sit in the central region, within a short drive of each other, and Parkway East Hospital covers the east. If you are not sure which to pick, say where you are travelling from and the clinic will suggest the nearest one with an opening rather than defaulting to the busiest.
Follow-up after a procedure does not have to happen at the clinic where the procedure was done. Patients often have the scope at one hospital and the review somewhere closer to home or to work, and the notes travel with them either way.
All five are consulting suites inside private medical centres, so the address on the card is what to give a taxi driver or type into a maps app, and the suite number is what to look for once you are inside the building. A scope is not always done in the same room as the consultation, so it is worth confirming the building in the WhatsApp thread rather than assuming it is the one you were seen in.
When the clinic is open
Consulting hours, and what to do outside them.
The clinic runs six days a week, with Sunday and public holidays by appointment. Surgery and scope lists sit inside those hours too, so a given clinic is not staffed for consultations every hour it is open.
- Monday to Friday
- 9am to 6pm
- Saturday
- 9am to 1pm
- Sunday and public holidays
- By appointment
A message left at nine in the evening is not lost. It waits in the WhatsApp thread and is worked through when the clinic next opens, which for a Saturday afternoon enquiry means Monday morning. If something changes in the meantime, add it to the same thread rather than starting a new one.
Public holidays follow the Singapore calendar. Appointments on a Sunday or a public holiday are arranged case by case, which is what his own site means when it lists those days as being by appointment. It is not a closed door, it is a conversation.
What he treats
Find your own problem before you write.
Most people arrive with a symptom rather than a diagnosis. The conditions he sees are set out in full, grouped the way a patient would look for them, on the conditions he treats page.
If your symptom is not obviously covered there, that is not a reason to wait. Bleeding, a change in bowel habit that has lasted more than two or three weeks, a lump, pain on passing stool, or an iron deficiency picked up on a routine blood test are all reasons to be assessed, and not one of them names a diagnosis on its own. Working out which condition it is, if it is any of them, is what the consultation is for.
Operations and scopes
The procedures he performs himself.
Endoscopy, colorectal surgery and general surgery, in one practice. Which of these applies to you, if any, is decided after an examination and not from a website.
The operations and scopes he performs, with a line on each, are listed on the procedures he performs page.
Many of these are day cases. You are admitted and discharged the same day, and you recover at home. Day surgery charges draw on MediSave within the published withdrawal limits, and many day procedures are covered by Integrated Shield Plans. Anything sent to the laboratory is discussed at your follow-up, typically within one to two weeks.
What a scope costs, and what sits inside the package, is set out on the endoscopy cost in Singapore article. If the reason you are writing is blood, the anal bleeding causes and treatment options article covers what it usually turns out to be, and the rest of the writing is on the blog.
Your first appointment
What to expect, and what is worth bringing.
A first consultation is a conversation, an examination, and a plan. You will not be asked to decide anything on the spot.
- Identification, and your insurance or Integrated Shield details if you have them
- A list of the medicines you take, including anything blood-thinning
- A referral letter, if a doctor has already given you one
- Reports or discs from earlier scans, scopes or operations
- The dates, roughly, of when the symptom started and how it has changed
- Anyone you would like in the room with you
None of it is compulsory. Coming with nothing is fine, and it is what most people do. The list is here because patients ask, and because an old scan report can occasionally save a repeat one.
An examination of the back passage is part of assessing most anorectal problems, and it is brief. Dr Sulaiman explains what he is doing before he does it, and it can be declined at any point. People put off this appointment for months out of embarrassment more often than out of doubt about whether it is needed, which is the reason it is worth saying plainly.
If a scope or an operation follows, it is scheduled separately rather than on the same day, so nothing is decided in the room under pressure. Costs are gone through with you before anything is booked, and the clinic will tell you what your own plan needs rather than quoting a general figure here.
Where an operation is on the table, the conversation covers what it involves, what the alternatives are including waiting and watching, and what the risks are. A second opinion is a normal part of that and it is not a reflection on anyone. Bring the scope report, the scan or the histology result if you already have them, because a second opinion built on the same information is worth far more than one built from scratch.
The practice
Who you are writing to.
Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof is a Senior Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon in Singapore. MBChB (Sheffield), M.Med (Surgery), FRCSEd (General Surgery).
He is a member of the Colorectal Clinic Associates, the group practice through which he consults at all five locations. His training, his appointments and his published work are set out on the about Dr Sulaiman page.
- Clinic
- +65 8491 1525
- Consulting hours
- Monday to Saturday, and by appointment on Sunday
The number and the email are here as contact details rather than as an invitation to ring. The form is what reaches the clinic fastest, because it opens a thread the whole team can see rather than a call that has to be taken by whoever happens to be free.
The email is the slower of the two, and it suits sending a scan report or an insurance form ahead of an appointment, where an attachment is easier than a photograph in a chat. Anything about timing, availability or which building to walk into on the day is quicker in the WhatsApp thread.
Common questions
The questions that come up before a first visit.
How quickly can I be seen?
Same-day appointments may be available, and a scope is usually within the same week. What is open changes from day to day and from clinic to clinic, so the clinic reads the real diary rather than quoting a rule. Send the form, then say in the thread roughly when you are free and which side of the island you are on, so the reply can name a clinic and a slot.
Which of the five clinics should I go to?
Whichever is easiest to reach is the right one. Dr Sulaiman consults at all five, so the choice changes your journey and nothing else. Four are in the central region, at Napier Road, Novena, Thomson Road and Farrer Park, and Parkway East Hospital covers the east. If you are not sure, say where you are travelling from.
When is the clinic open?
Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Saturday, 9am to 1pm. Sunday and public holidays are by appointment. Messages can be sent at any hour and are worked through during consulting hours, so an enquiry left on a Saturday evening is picked up on Monday morning.
What happens after I send the form?
You leave a name, a mobile number and what the enquiry is about, WhatsApp opens, and the conversation carries on there. The form exists so the clinic knows who is writing and roughly why before the thread starts, which is what lets the first reply be useful rather than a request for the same details again. Nothing is booked at that point and no payment is taken.
Can I use MediSave?
Day surgery charges draw on MediSave within the published withdrawal limits. What that covers depends on the procedure and on your own account, so the clinic goes through the figures with you rather than quoting a number here.
Is a procedure covered by insurance?
Many day procedures are covered by Integrated Shield Plans. Cover differs between insurers and between riders, so bring your policy details to the consultation and the clinic can check them against the specific procedure rather than against a general case. This applies to Singaporeans, Singapore Permanent Residents and foreigners, and corporate insurance schemes are handled the same way. Where a procedure needs pre-authorisation from your insurer, the clinic team arranges it before the date.
When do results come back?
Anything sent to the laboratory is discussed at your follow-up, typically within one to two weeks. Findings that can be seen at the time, such as a polyp removed during a colonoscopy, are explained on the day.
Can I come for a second opinion?
Yes, and it is routine rather than awkward. Bring whatever you already have, particularly a scope report, a scan or a histology result, because a second opinion built on the same information is worth far more than one built from scratch. Asking for one is not a reflection on the doctor who saw you first.
How do I change or cancel an appointment?
Reply in the same WhatsApp thread. Keeping it in one place means the clinic can see what was booked and why without starting the conversation again, and it means you are not chasing a different number to undo something you arranged on this one.
What if this cannot wait?
Severe abdominal pain, heavy rectal bleeding, a fever with pain around the anus, or vomiting that will not stop belong in an emergency department rather than in a clinic diary. A perianal abscess in particular can escalate quickly. Nothing on this page replaces being seen.
Getting seen
This is a conversation worth having.
His words, for anyone who has been putting this off because of embarrassment, or because they do not know where to start.
+65 8491 1525