2025年2月18日，新加坡卫生部长王乙康在国会书面答复义顺集选区议员黄国光关于审查不要求医生向陪同妻子在公立医院接受试管婴儿治疗的丈夫开具病假证明的相关事宜。
以下内容为新加坡眼根据国会英文资料翻译整理：
黄国光（义顺集选区议员）询问卫生部长：卫生部会否重新考虑不要求医生向陪同妻子在公立医院接受试管婴儿（IVF）治疗的丈夫开具病假证明（MC）。
王乙康（卫生部长）：病假证明（MC）是基于医疗需要签发给患病或需休养者的文件。试管婴儿治疗（IVF）具有医疗侵入性，因此接受治疗的女性可获病假以便休养。若丈夫本人需接受相关医疗检测，亦可获得病假证明。该政策自2021年2月26日国会答复以来维持不变（参见当日国会记录书面问答环节）。
医生可为夫妻开具治疗情况说明备忘录，证实妻子接受试管婴儿治疗的事实。丈夫可将此备忘录告知雇主，雇主可能会认识到配偶支持的重要性，允许其休假或提供弹性工作安排。
以下是英文质询内容：
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health whether the Ministry will reconsider the policy of not requiring doctors to provide Medical certificates to husbands accompanying their wives for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments at public hospitals.
Mr Ong Ye Kung: Medical certificates (MCs) are issued to patients on medical grounds when they are unwell or unfit for work or school, to allow them to rest and recuperate. In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments are medically invasive and women are issued MCs for them to take time off work to attend the treatments and get proper rest after. MCs may be issued to husbands if they undergo IVF-related tests or procedures themselves. This position remains unchanged since the last time the answer was provided for the Sitting on 26 February 2021. [Please refer to “Provision of Medical Certificates to Husbands Accompanying Wives for In-vitro Fertilisation Treatments at Public Hospital”, Official Report, 26 February 2021, Vol 95, Issue 21, Written Answers to Questions section.]
Doctors may provide memos to the couple certifying that their patient (the wife) has received IVF treatment. Husbands may share the memo with their employers, who may recognise the importance of spousal support by allowing time-off or providing flexible work arrangements.
