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'Miracle baby' survives brain trauma to make it in life
Tan Ruming survived abuse as a baby and endured a lonely childhood. But he found his passion and success in entrepreneurship. This is the latest in a series on millennials who have overcome the odds.
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As a baby, Mr Tan Ruming, or Rum as he is known, almost died after being shaken violently.
The injury was most probably perpetrated by a domestic worker at the time, and it left him with shaken baby syndrome, a serious brain trauma suffered by babies when they are forcefully shaken.
