As a trainee doctor about 20 years ago at Singapore General Hospital's emergency medicine department, Associate Professor Marcus Ong often spent Friday and Saturday nights patching up people injured in drunken brawls.
Some would turn up with deep gashes in their scalp, having taken a glass bottle to the head. The patient would need his head shaved on both sides of the wound before local anaesthetic was applied and the wound stitched.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Read the full story and more at $9.90/month
Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month
ST One Digital
$9.90/month
No contract
ST app access on 1 mobile device
Unlock these benefits
All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com
Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device
E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you
