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Sidetables from the ancestral home of Tan Kim Seng, Panglima Prang, are scanned using X-ray as part of research and conservation efforts at Singapore General Hospital in Singapore on 26 November 2022.

Sidetables from Panglima Prang, the ancestral home of Tan Kim Seng, undergoing X-ray scans at SGH on Nov 26, 2022.

ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM

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SINGAPORE – Two unexpected “patients” made their way to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in November, their weight requiring two grown men to move and their fragility a source of concern for all involved.

Both a century old, they were at the hospital for X-ray scans. Their joints were thought to require further examination, so a three-hour slot had been booked on their behalf.

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