We visited a polyclinic near our place on a Saturday to obtain the referral letter. My impression of polyclinic had always been the memory it had instilled into me when I was young. I remembered when I was young, I would need to reach the polyclinic as early as possible. Otherwise the waiting time could be really long. However, gone were the days when you had to wake up really early just to make sure you are one of the first few to reach the polyclinic. Nowadays, the polyclinic allows one to make e-appointments now one day before you visit the polyclinic. I think this helped to cut short the waiting time as you are only required to reach the polyclinic close to your appointment time.
Getting the referral letter from the polyclinic was not difficult. The doctor at the polyclinic asked us the reason why we would like a referral letter for IVF. He asked a few questions such as how long have we been married for, how long have we been trying for a baby, is there any reason why we will need to go for IVF just to have a baby. I guess those are kind of the standard questions they are supposed to ask.
After speaking to the doctor, we headed to another counter where they helped us prepare the referral letter and also book an appointment. We chose to go to KKH for the IVF procedure. After all that is done, the only thing left for us is to wait for the date of the first appointment.
We obtained the referral letter in mid Oct 2015 and managed to secure our first appointment at KKH on 05 Jan 2016. So I think as a gauge, the waiting time for the first appointment at KKH IVF Centre is slightly over 2 months.
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