'It was easy to learn English on the job, from patients': Nurse from Myanmar mastered the language in S'pore

Ms Aye Aye Mon is a senior enrolled nurse at Farrer Park Hospital. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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SINGAPORE - As a child, Ms Aye Aye Mon always took on the role of a nurse whenever she played with her friends.

On top of caring for her grandmother, she would visit her elderly neighbours and help feed and shower them.

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