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Woman turned to private sector as she had to wait 5 months for colonoscopy at SGH
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Madam Tan (not her real name) went to the polyclinic when she found blood in her stools in January 2021.
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SINGAPORE - Madam Tan (not her real name), 73, went to the polyclinic in January 2021 when she found blood in her stools. She had been constipated for some weeks and laxatives had not helped.
The doctor feared she might have colon cancer and wanted her to do a colonoscopy - where an endoscope is inserted into the rectum and large intestine to check for polyps and other signs of cancer.
