Singapore public healthcare institutions to record all Kpod cases, confiscate vapes


FILE PHOTO: Electronic vape seized at Custom Cargo KLIA Complex in Sepang on June 19, 2025.–AZMAN GHANI/The Star

SINGAPORE: Public healthcare institutions have been told to record all suspected and confirmed etomidate-linked vaping cases, in a sign that the health authorities are treating vapes laced with etomidate more seriously.

In a circular dated July 9, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said medical practitioners should also get patients to surrender their e-vapourisers and consider sending their urine samples for testing.

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