Not all heroes come dressed in capes. Some, like Sinthu Samikkannu, are the healthcare heroes who help keep ordinary people in the pink of health. It is a role that the 35-year-old senior pharmacist at NTUC Health Unity Pharmacy thoroughly enjoys. “Being able to speak to people, finding out their ...
“It’s about appreciating every step that my patients walk through and being there to assist them along each step. Also, there are my colleagues that work alongside with me. These are some of the things that keep my heart beating, my mind inquisitive and give me joy in helping ...
Tree doctor, or Arborist, Daniel Seah inspects and attends to sick trees and follows up on pruning schedules. With more than 20,000 individual trees on Sentosa island, he tells me he’s responsible for all of them.
“Previously, money was very important to me. But now, even though we don’t have much, I’ve learned to appreciate the little blessings in life.” Joanna Yap wakes up each morning hoping the day would be a better one for her two children. Something I’m sure many mothers do for theirs. ...
At 63, Mr Mohamed Zainal Omar may not be the oldest employee at Maybank, but he is one of the many mature workers working there today.
Limb strengthening, standing balance and gait training – these are not gym terms but part of the work a physiotherapist does at a nursing a home to help seniors get back on their feet.
Far from a regular desk-bound job, a career in medical research can entail being at the forefront of trending topics. For research associates Tan Hwee Cheng, 57, and Summer Zhang, 33, their work in the Laboratory of Dengue Virology, Immunity & Pathogenesis at the Duke-NUS Medical School involves better ...
Let’s get the elephant out of the room. I enjoy my grocery trips to the supermarket, but while I’ve noticed supermarket staff restocking items and unpacking new cartons of products on occasion, I’ve never really paid much heed to what they do. That was until I experienced what it ...
Perhaps it is the fact that she has been exposed to the Healthcare sector since young, or that her mother is a nurse, that has kindled an effervescent interest in biomedical science for 20-year old Loraine Ng.
“When I came into the army I found a new vision; what I really wanted to be, cause you got to do something you really like. When you’re doing something you really like, then you can go all the way out.” A true force of positive energy to be around, ...