Articles by Our Doctors
When aches may be a sign of cancer
26 Jan 2012
Contrary to popular belief, patients who are found to have the advanced stages of cancer at the time of diagnosis are not necessarily elderly, uneducated or have a low income.
Keep looking ahead
29 Dec 2011
An articulate man in his late 40s, he had a lot to get off his chest.
Different measures of treatment
24 Nov 2011
It was a black Monday for the family of my lung cancer patient, Madam Ng. She had woken up early in the morning gasping for breath and her family called for a private ambulance to take her to see me.
The day I survived surgery
27 Oct 2011
In as calm a voice as I could muster, I said to the medical officer at the other end of the line: 'I need four units of packed red blood cells, one litre of fresh frozen plasma and one unit of cell separator platelets as soon as possible.'
Our last goodbye
15 Sep 2011
If I had known it was the last time I would speak to my friend Dennis, I would have woken up properly.
These articles first appeared on "Mind Your Body", a Straits Times Supplement.
