My Child Has a Fracture — Who Should I Call? A Parent's Guide to Children's Fracture Care in Singapore
Your child fell. There’s pain, maybe swelling, maybe a wrist that doesn’t look quite right. The school or the babysitter is on the phone asking what to do. In that moment, every parent has the same question: who do I call, and how fast do I need to move?
Here’s the short answer, followed by everything else you need to know.
If your child has any of these signs, go to A&E immediately:
If your child has any of these signs, go to A&E immediately:
- An open wound where bone may have broken through the skin
- A limb that looks pale, cold, or numb
- Loss of movement or feeling in the fingers or toes
- Pain that basic pain relief isn’t touching
If none of these apply, your child still needs to be assessed. Arrange a same-day or next-morning review with a paediatric orthopaedic specialist who specialises in children’s fractures and injuries.
Is my child's fracture an emergency?
Who treats a child’s broken bone or fractures in Singapore?
A&E doctors will rule out life-threatening injuries and stabilise a fracture on the spot, but not all of them are specialised in children’s bone injuries. Once the immediate danger has been ruled out, the next question is whether the fracture needs surgery or will heal in a cast. That decision is best made by a doctor who specialises in children’s orthopaedics specifically, since kids’ bones behave differently from adults’ because they’re still growing, with growth plates that need expert handling.
That’s exactly where Bone Island Children’s Clinic can help children’s fractures and injuries.
Bone Island Children’s Clinic: Paediatric Orthopaedic Specialists, No Referral Needed
Bone Island Children’s Clinic is a paediatric orthopaedic clinic in Singapore, providing specialist care for children’s bone and joint conditions from fractures to sports injuries to growth related concerns. Parents get a specialist opinion on whether the fracture needs surgery, casting, or simple monitoring, without waiting weeks for a general orthopaedic referral.
Care is led by Dr Lam Kai Yet and Dr Peter Lee, treating children from newborns through to adolescents with admission rights to:
No referral is required. You can ask for a Bone Island specialist consult while still at A&E or contact the clinic directly the next day for same-day fracture assessment. We accept corporate and personal insurance and Child Development Account (CDA) is also accepted at our clinic.
Visit the Bone Island After-Hours Emergency page to request a specialist review today.
Book an appointment with Dr Lam Kai Yet at (65) 9651 7345 or Dr Peter Lee at (65) 8282 3955 for a paediatric fracture specialist consultation. No referral is required.
No. If there’s no open wound, no numbness, no loss of movement, and pain is manageable, it’s usually safe to splint, wait, and see a paediatric orthopaedic specialist the same day or next morning.
A&E doctors stabilise the injury and rule out emergencies. A paediatric orthopaedic specialist, like the doctors at Bone Island Children’s Clinic, determines the right long-term treatment (cast, splint, or surgery) with expertise specific to growing bones.
Yes. Bone Island Children’s Clinic accepts children for fracture review without a referral.
- For Mount Alvernia Hospital, call (65) 6978 9238 or WhatsApp (65) 9651 7345.
- For Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre call (65) 6734 2244 or WhatsApp (65) 8282 3955.
- or Request for Dr Lam Kai Yet or Dr Peter Lee at A&E
