By admin, on May 26th, 2003

Sars and the gynae

Last Wednesday, a nurse from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) wrote in to the Forum page of The Straits Times to complain that her gynaecologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital did not want to see her when she arrived to keep an appointment with him. 

The nurse said that she was very upset and “felt discriminated [...]

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By admin, on April 14th, 2003

School reopens for secondary students

Some 200,000 secondary school students across the island return to school today after a two-week break. Schools were closed on 27 March 2003 to contain the SARS outbreak here.

Just what is in store for these students when they walk past the school gates? Anxious to calm parents’ fears of their children catching the SARS [...]

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By admin, on April 7th, 2003

Lessons in life from SARS

The last two Mondays I had been harping on the topic of SARS. This week I will go on rattling about SARS – because this newcomer has made a great impact on the world we live in. Its greatest impact must be in the area of personal relationships. Many of us are no longer rational [...]

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