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‘If today is 0.1% better than yesterday, you’re good’: Doctor Anywhere founder on his tough childhood

Believing tomorrow will be better than today helped Lim Wai Mun, founder and CEO of Doctor Anywhere, overcome life’s hurdles

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Lim Wai Mun's telemedicine service Doctor Anywhere has helped change how patients access healthcare. Since 2017, the platform has served more than 2.5 million people across the region and has seen Mr Lim named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022.

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Face to face with Lim Wai Mun’s cheerful demeanour, it is hard to picture this tall, strapping man anything but confident and upbeat.

But 20 minutes into our meeting, he casually mentions how he was almost sexually attacked by a man when he was in Secondary 2.

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