Like any young woman, Choo Peck See, 45, had dreamed of meeting the right person someday, settling down and starting a family of her own. It was a dream come true when she was called up to receive a kidney transplant and have a shot at a…
WORLD HEART DAY
To raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases, Mr. KC Patel, 75, shares his experience. Despite a fairly active lifestyle for most of his life, he was referred for emergency quadruple coronary artery by-pass (CABG) surgery for 90…
Mr. Shankhadeep Mitra, 40 finds it difficult to communicate with his mother but the mother struggling with Alzheimer’s is still happy to see her son.
When was your mother diagnosed and what were the early symptoms?
2014 was the year when…
Sudha, 68 has a full time job being a caregiver to her husband who has Alzheimer’s. Not only does she have to be fully alert all the time, she has also learnt to be patient and understanding over time.
When was your husband diagnosed with…
World Suicide Prevention Week 2016
A suicide story has various dimensions: there are those who think of committing it all the time, there are those who have tried and survived, and then there are those who have gone ahead and taken their own lives,…
Five failed relationships and an elaborate suicide plan later, Thomas Heng finds out that life is worth living after all! Clinical Depression led him to almost jump off a building, further thoughts of which were thwarted by prolonged counselling…
World Suicide Prevention Day 2016
Yuna Angell realises, after several attempts at suicide, that life is too sacred to be lost like this. She advises people with suicidal tendencies to reach out for help in times of desperation, because everyone…
"I have been a stenographer, an advocate and have obtained a degree in information technology. It has been five years since I have retired. My left hand had started giving me a lot of trouble, and was not obeying my commands. It was then diagnosed…
When a woman in her third pregnancy has to go through with an ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography), it is much more of an emotional experience rather than just a physical one, even though the physical toll is severe as well. Mrs.…
