'I get to meet people from different races and cultures': Working in S'pore was nurse's childhood ambition

Mrs Karthiga Vinayagam is now a senior staff nurse at Farrer Park Hospital. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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SINGAPORE - Mrs Karthiga Vinayagam has never forgotten the fragrance that wafted from her relatives' suitcases whenever they returned from Singapore to visit her family in Tamil Nadu, India.

As a child, she was always fascinated by their visits.

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