Here are some photos of the WAAW event at Jurong Library, organised by staff from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. There is also an attempt at making a Flipagram out of several photos here. All photos were taken by Pearl Gan.
One of the most vexing antibiotic-related questions is: “Should you finish the course of antibiotics that the doctor has prescribed you?” My colleague and I were asked just that when we were interviewed by 938Live Body & Soul’s Daniel Martin recently. The conventional answer has generally been: “Yes, you should finish every single dose, even if […]
Approximately 11 hours from now, the United Nation General Assembly will host a “high level meeting” on antimicrobial resistance at the UN headquarters in New York. There will be statements by the UN secretary-general and the director-generals of the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) and World Organization for […]
A middle-aged man with sudden onset of painful lesions on both lower limbs. No prior significant exposures or clinical symptoms. No fever. Questions: What is the clinical diagnosis? How should this person be worked up and treated? This is a clear cut case of erythema nodosum. Skin biopsy would show panniculitis, but it is unnecessary […]
Here is a vignette contributed by a Respiratory colleague: A middle-aged lady with IgA nephropathy on hemodialysis for 6 months presented with a one-month history of fever. Septic work up was negative and she did not respond to multiple courses of antibiotics. A CT thorax was subsequently performed. Question(s): What are the differential diagnoses and what should be […]
My clinic at Mount Elizabeth Novena Medical Centre is officially closed. Two years did pass by very quickly. It is not without regrets and a sense of pensiveness when I made the choice to move back to the public sector (the university appointment basically remains unchanged). The private sector stint has been great. There has […]
It is the last day of 2015, and therefore timely to reflect back on the significant events of the year. Oftentimes, the true impact of certain events are not known until much later in the future, and media hype (or lack thereof) creates its own bias which is hard to overcome. Here is a personal […]
While looking up various historical nuggets of information for our project, I realised that there was a rather similar project done 8 years ago. Titled “The Invisible Enemy: Singapore’s Encounters with Infectious Diseases: Past, Present & Future”, it was an exhibition launched on 24th May 2007 at the National Library. I cannot find any photos […]
I was privileged to be asked to contribute some thoughts on antimicrobial resistance for the December 2015 issue of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) Commentary Magazine. The article – well written by Iain Fossey – is not as interesting as the other feature article on English polymath magician John Dee’s (1527-1608) library that somehow ended […]
Cross-posting from the SG50 ID Project website: Went down to the printers for the press check of our SG50 book this morning. The books are being printed by Markono, a local printing company that has been around since 2 years after Singapore’s independence. They are based at a part of Singapore I rarely visit since army […]
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