Where should i take my baby for vaccines? Regular GP, PD or specialist?

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Singaporean baby are entitled free to most compulsory vaccination. Sharing with you our consideration criteria and the cost for the first 6 months. My LO arrived early before maturity term, BCG and Hep B 1st Dose are administered during NICU. This is chargeable but charged to Medisave. As our LO needed to have frequent follow up with the PD in hospital, and for ease of convenience in managing our LO's health and the vaccination, and also the time additional needed to travel to Polyclinic, we decided in taking up the vaccination package with the hospital. This saves us the managing of our LO schedule and travelling time. For the cost, our 5-in-1 and 6-in-1 (including Hep B Doses 2 & 3) vaccinations are charged at $220, and Pneumococcal vaccination is charged at $95, these total cost are charged to Medisave. For Rotavirus which is an optional vaccination, we have selected rotoTEQ which is to be administered orally 3 times, each vaccine is $50.66, which is paid in cash. As such, the cost is manageable and we are compensated with more rest time between checkup and vaccination at the hospital compared to additional trip to polyclinic. Everyone is in different situation and there maybe other factors to select where to have vaccination for our LO.

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