Synopsis: This is a special episode of The Straits Times' video series The Big Story, hosted by Hairianto Diman and Olivia Quay.

Doctors at some Public Health Preparedness Clinics are getting staff to perform additional shifts and hiring people in order to extend their operating hours and ease the strain on their colleagues in the healthcare system.

Family physician Dr Elly Sabrina, who is also the director of Banyan Clinic in Woodlands, shares more on the crunch that GP clinics are facing on the ground with the surge in cases. 

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