Light device shows the way during surgery in hospitals here

Associate Professor Tan Ngian Chye (left) and Dr Kevin Koh in 2018 with the Klaro. PHOTO: NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE SINGAPORE
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SINGAPORE - Klaro, a bendable and disposable light device which can be used to illuminate cavities in open surgery, is now being used in some hospitals here.

The idea for such a device first occurred to Associate Professor Tan Ngian Chye, a senior consultant at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, some six years ago.

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