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From cancer to stroke: Health issues gave these 5 Singaporean personalities new perspective on life

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(Clockwise from top left) Paul Foster, Bernard Lim, Suhaimi Yusof, Janice Koh and Nick Shen have had major health scares in recent times.

(Clockwise from top left) Paul Foster, Bernard Lim, Suhaimi Yusof, Janice Koh and Nick Shen have had major health scares in recent times.

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SINGAPORE – Back in the early 1990s, comedian-actor Suhaimi Yusof and media industry veteran Bernard Lim both launched their careers as radio deejays before branching out to other areas in the entertainment and media industries.

Radio is not the only thing that connects the two. Suhaimi and Lim also share the same life-altering experience – they are both stroke survivors.

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