Medical Centre for Travellers (MCT)

Before travelling overseas, it is important to take the necessary precautions to safeguard your health and avoid illnesses like travellers’ diarrhoea or malaria. Changi General Hospital offers a comprehensive range of vaccinations and recommendations to help ensure your well-being throughout your travels.

Staying Safe and Healthy on Your Travels

Before embarking on your journey, taking the following precautions can help prevent potential health risks:

Getting the necessary vaccinations recommended by your doctor
Preparing your personalised Travel Medical Kit with essential travel care items such as medication for sickness, dizziness, anti-diarrhoea
Malaria prevention pills and personal protection against insect bites
Medication to prevent altitude sickness for high elevation travel (above 3,000m)

When you return home, treatment and services for the following conditions are available if required:

Fever
Diarrhoea (for symptoms lasting more than 48 hours)
Jaundice
Rashes
Sexually transmitted diseases
Medical screening for long-term travellers (abroad for more than 4 weeks) returning to Singapore

Vaccinations

The following vaccinations are available at CGH on an appointment basis.

Vaccinations available with a nurse’s consultation	Vaccinations available with a doctor's consultation
Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Influenza Meningococcal ACWY Twinrix (Hepatitis A/B) Tetanus/Diphtheria Typhoid Varicella (Chicken pox) Yellow Fever	Japanese B Encephalitis Polio Rabies Yellow Fever (60 years and above)

Travel Medical Kit

The Travel Medical Kit includes essential travel care items, such as medication for motion sickness, dizziness, anti-diarrhoea, antihistamines, fever, and headache. It can be obtained at CGH Pharmacy B, Main Building, without a doctor's prescription.