INCIDENTS OF POSTPARTUM-RELATED DEPRESSION AND SUICIDES

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3474

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 27 FEBRUARY 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Miss Rachel Ong

MP for West Coast GRC

Question No. 7268

To ask the Minister for Health in the last five years how many (i) incidents of postpartum depression and (ii) suicides resulting from postpartum depression have there been amongst mothers.

Written Answer

In the last five years, public healthcare institutions saw an average of 248 postpartum depression cases. Among these patients, there was an average of less than one suicide each year. Programmes for early detection and management of postpartum depression are available in polyclinics and public hospitals.