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3rd Tan Tock Seng Hospital Oration: The Changing Fabric of Medicine—An Ethical and Social...
The legacy of Tan Tock Seng Hospital began with the founding of the Pauper Hospital in Pearl’s Hill in 1844.
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The Impact of Mainland Mothers on the Obstetric Services of Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a long history as a place to which refugees flock. In the modern era, the influx resulting from the 1949 communist...
Clinical Update on Managing the Obstructed Airway
Maintaining a patent upper airway is the first principle in resuscitation and acute care. This is usually carried out by anaesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians...
Concurrent Intermediate Uveitis and an Enhancing Intracranial Lesion as the Initial Manifestation of Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis remains an enigmatic disease with protean manifestations. It is a multi-system disorder of unknown cause characterised by an accumulation of T-lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes...
Littoral Cell Angioma of the Spleen
The littoral cells line the vascular channels of the red pulp of the spleen and have characteristics of endothelial and histiocytic cells. In 1991,...
Dr Robert Loh Choo Kiat, JP, BBM, PJG (1925 – 2017)
Dr Robert Loh Choo Kiat was born in Singapore in 1925. His education was interrupted by World War II, but he graduated with MBBS...
Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp of the Caecum in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis
Inflammatory fibroid polyp is an uncommon nonneoplastic lesion found in the gastrointestinal tract. It is a benign, non-encapsulated submucosal lesion, composed mainly of loose...
Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (r-TPA) in Fibrin Dissolution due to Postoperative Endophthalmitis
Cataract surgery is one of the most successful surgical procedures performed. However, postoperative endophthalmitis, defined as severe inflammation involving both the anterior and posterior...
Teaching Biochemistry to Medical Students in Singapore – From Organic Chemistry to Problem-based Learning
The medical faculty in the National University of Singapore was started in 1905 and a Chair in Biochemistry established in 1927. Biochemistry was taught...
Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Metastases of Adenocarcinoma of the Colon and Rectum
Cutaneous metastasis from colorectal adenocarcinoma is an interesting condition not only because of its rarity, it occurs in less than 4% of patients with...