Healthcare's helping hands: Volunteers who offer a listening ear, help to guide or feed patients

Volunteer Johari Nazir (right) and his wife, Aisha Pwee, offer their time and services at Ng Teng Fong Hospital. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE - Ms Saritha Viswanadhan, 39, volunteers at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) amputee support group, helping patients who are figuring out how to live life with a prosthetic limb or wheelchair.

Her left leg was amputated at the hip after a road accident when she was eight, and she knows how reassuring and affirming it is to hear from others in a similar position.

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