Man who fell ill with food poisoning ended up in hospital with 1 per cent chance of survival

Mr Edwin Tan was diagnosed with necrotising pancreatitis following a food poisoning incident and was given close to zero chance to survive. ST PHOTO: RYAN CHIONG
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SINGAPORE – In less than two weeks, Mr Edwin Tan went from feeling perfectly fine to getting floored by food poisoning to falling into a coma and having to fight for his life.

On Dec 7, 2022, the 50-year-old regional general manager at a multinational company had symptoms of fever, severe diarrhoea and vomiting after a company dinner at a restaurant the night before. 

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