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Ms Ho Siew Qi lost her husband in December 2023. She is pictured with her children, aged eight (centre) and 10, whom she declines to name.
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SINGAPORE – Ms Ho Siew Qi was preparing her husband’s breakfast on Dec 6, 2023, when he shouted in pain and asked for a doctor to attend to him immediately.
They had just enjoyed a walk in the small garden outside his ward in Gleneagles Hospital. She was looking forward to his discharge after a week for a chronic medical condition called segmental arterial mediolysis, which made his blood vessels abnormal.
