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It Changed My Life: Mum driven by grief over son's death seeks to help other teens

Mum tries to come to terms with son's death and finds purpose through new helpline

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Grief-stricken, Madam May Chng looked at Jarod as he lay, hooked to several tubes, in the intensive care unit of Changi General Hospital.
"I was just stroking his hand; I just kept sayang-ing him," she says, using the Malay word for showing deep love and affection. "Each time I touched him, I'd say sorry and asked him if I could have been a better mother."
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