Advanced Internal Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of wide variety of clinical conditions.

Our team of internal medicine physicians have had diverse sub-specialty training that enables an integrated clinical care of patients with wide spectrum of diseases, especially those with undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes.

Our team of internal medicine physicians, each with diverse sub-specialty training, provides integrated clinical care for patients dealing with a wide spectrum of diseases, especially those with undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes.

Inpatient services

We have Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), a ward dedicated to provide acute care to patients with undifferentiated conditions that require rapid stabilization and early interventions. We work closely with the surgical teams and relocate our patients to appropriate wards after initial management.

We also have Ambulatory Medical Care (AMC), a service aimed at preventing lengthy hospitalisation for conditions that are amenable to ambulatory management. It is based on the Ambulatory Emergency Care model successfully developed in the U.K.

Additionally, we provide general medical, perioperative and thrombosis consultation services to other departments in the hospital.

Outpatient Services

General Medicine Clinic

We provide comprehensive evaluation, diagnostic services and management of complex and undifferentiated medical presentations and illnesses. We also work in partnership with primary healthcare services to manage common chronic medical conditions.

Perioperative Medicine Clinic

Caters to optimise and oversee patients with multimorbidity who need to undergo surgery, working closely with the anaesthetist, surgeons, and subspecialists.

Thrombosis Clinic

Our doctors work in collaboration with the haematologists to follow up and manage patients with thrombosis and hypercoagulable states.

Conditions we treat include:

Various infections (pneumonia, urinary tract infection, gastroenteritis, cellulitis, Dengue fever etc)

Fever of unknown origin

Lethargy/fatigue

Giddiness

Weight loss

Pain (abdominal pain, headache, leg pain, etc)

Breathlessness

Leg swelling

Electrolyte imbalances

Exacerbations of underlying chronic illnesses

Altered mental status

Any other acute medical symptoms, non-specific complaints, diseases involving multiple systems