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‘Please help, I’m going to die’: Her stroke at age 40 uncovered an undiagnosed hole in the heart
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Ms Lem Sok Fang with her husband and children. Ms Lem, 41, discovered that she had a hole in her heart after suffering a stroke at age 40.
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SINGAPORE – When Ms Lem Sok Fang’s father was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, she rushed across the Causeway to his bedside on Nov 26, 2023.
Little did she know she would find herself in the hospital bed next to his, fighting for her life the very next day.

