I was admitted to the hospital for a total of six times, last year alone. That is an average of one admission for every couple of months. The admissions usually lasted a minimum of three days, and at one point lasted a maximum of eight days. Thankfully, I did not…
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I grew up hearing recollections from my family about how I had survived a paediatric surgical emergency in the mid-80s before the tender age of one. As a child, I often felt that the story was hard to believe. Apart from the midline scar, I felt absolutely normal – just…
We have all been confined to our homes for nearly six weeks now. Although we have not been out and about, we could all sense the sociocultural changes that are about to occur as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The way we live and the world as we knew…
It has been four months since COVID-19 reached our shores. And in a couple of days, it would have been exactly a month since the Movement Restriction Order (MCO) was enforced in Malaysia. Life as we knew it has changed and everyone is still grappling with this new normal as…
When the Prime Minister announced the Movement Control Order (MCO) early last week, I thought I was going to be alright considering I have been in a state of constant health threat and mostly home-bound for a long time prior to that. After a few days, I became gradually overwhelmed…