Where to go for vacinnation

[loupou]

Is the vacinnation for 5 yr old (cannot recall which one) included in the government clinic?

I don't know about 5 year-olds. My daughter got her boosters at school (a local one) when she was in P1 (6 years old).

 

[alibali]

vaccinations- public or private...

Hi, I just had to make a decision regarding shots for my 2 month old-i.e. private or public. (I went the public route for pregnancy and birth to keep costs down). As I wanted my baby to HIB, rotavirus and PCV, we ended up going private b/c the public clinic does not offer these. I also wanted DTAP, which the gov has just recently started offering. However, my pediatrician said that to get DTAP at the public clinic and HIB privately wouldn't save much $ b/c the price would almost be the same to get DTAP + HIB privately vs. just HIB privately (supposedly there's not much cost difference b/w 4 in 1, 5 in 1, 6 in 1- the costs are related to the number of injections) . I hope this isn't too confusing!

 

[pattersl]

hi,
I too wanted to save a bit of money and so took my 4 month old to a government clinic. I have got to say they were excellent at the cllinic. However,the injection they get is only a 3 in 1 injection and not a 5 in 1 like they would receive from a paedatrician. They do not get the HIB or one other injection supplied by the HK government.Nor do they receive the pneumonacocal or rotavirus. So i ended up having to go to a paedatrician to have these and worked out by going to the clinic I only saved myself $500 and my child had to have 2 more injections than if she had just got the 5 in 1 from the paedatrician.

My paedatricain has just told me for my daughters 6 month injections there is now a 6 in 1 needle.

I am from Australia and just went with what my daughter would have received if we were living there.

Hope this helps.