Knowing Singapore and the government here, I never trust them even if they claim that the clinic is anonymous. Who knows if they do not photograph you on video secretly?
By law, all doctors must report each and every case of STD (sexually transmitted disease including AIDs ) to the government so no private doctor will risk his license for you to remain anonymous.
The best thing to do is to go to Johor Bahru in the street of Jalan Tebrau near the Grand Continental Hotel. There is a very professional Pathology Lab where the charges for an AIDs test (an any other STD tests) are reasonably priced way below the prices quoted here! Theyneed you to produce your ID / passport but they are not obliged to inform the Singapore government so you are safe at home.
If you want even more confidentiality and remain totally anonymous, you can go to Bangkok and the "red cross society" there has an AIDS anonymous clinic where they can test you and give you the results immediately within minutes. It's a frightening experience when you look at the people around you some of whom come as couples and (mostly Thai people) and the drama when each of them is called into the room for the results. They no longer give you written results. A counsellor has to speak to you personally. The testing is very cheap and quite an experience.
This is off their website at :
http://www.redcross.or.th/english/se...linicaids.php4
I have personally checked out negatively there so I know the experience!
Anonymous Clinic
The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center set up the Anonymous Clinic on July 4, 1991. It is the first clinic in Thailand not required to report HIV-infected patients to the government. The clinic gives knowledge and advice about AIDS and offers anonymous testing. Patients are not asked for their names or addresses; instead, each patient is assigned an identification number.
The services presently offered include:
1. Knowledge and advice about AIDS
hepatitis B, syphilis and blood group testing. Test results are treated as confidential, and patients need not give their names or addresses.
2. Anonymous testing of CD4 cells
for HIV+ patients to determine antibody levels.
3. HIV viral load testing
Knowledge and advice about veneral diseases, and veneral disease testing and treatment.
How to collect a blood sample for HIV viral load testing
Collect seven millilitres of blood in an EDTA-treated tube (to prevent it from clotting), and have the tube sent to the Anonymous Clinic as soon as possible within six hours. In case it is not possible to have it sent within six hours, isolate the plasma from the blood by churning it at a speed of 1500 rounds per minute. Place the plasma in a box of ice at -20 degree Celsius and send it to the Clinic within 24 hours. The b-DNA method is used in HIV viral load testing.
4. Hepatitis B viral load testing.
How to collect a blood sample for Hepatitis B viral load testing
Collect five millilitres of blood in an EDTA-treated, non-heparin tube (to prevent it from clotting), and have the tube sent to the Anonymous Clinic as soon as possible within six hours. In case it is not possible to have it sent within six hours, isolate the plasma, or serum, from the blood by churning it at a speed of 1500 rounds per minute. Place it in a box of ice at -20 degree Celsius and send it to the Clinic within 24 hours. The PCR method is used in HBV viral load testing.
Service fees
1. Anonymous AIDS, viral hepatitis B, syphilis, and blood group testing is available on
weekdays from 12:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 - 12:00 a.m. The clinic is closed on Sundays and official holidays.
Regular Immediate Results
1. AIDS 80 baht 200 baht
2. Viral Hepatitis B 70 baht 200 baht
3. Syphilis 50 baht 60 baht
4. Blood Group 20 baht
2. CD 4 cell counting is available on Fridays from 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. only. The fee is 400 baht.
3. HIV viral load testing is available during office hours.
The fee is 3,000 baht.
4. HBV viral load testing is available duringoffice hours.
The fee is 2,500 baht.
Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic
1871 Rama 4 Road Bangkok 10330
Phone: (662) 2256 - 4109
Fax: (662) 254 - 7577