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Volunteers taking board games from Make-A-Wish Singapore to break the ice at meetings with children in 2024.

Volunteers taking board games from Make-A-Wish Singapore to break the ice at meetings with children in 2024.

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Jeremy Lin

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Every year in Singapore, over 200 children are newly diagnosed with critical illnesses that carry a high risk of imminent death.

As a child neurologist in a tertiary hospital, I have witnessed the significant impact of the illnesses not only on the children but also on the parents and their entire families.

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