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Established in 1964, Singapore Cancer Society is a self-funded voluntary welfare organisation which is dedicated to minimize the impact of cancer in Singapore through the provision of cancer treatment subsidies, financial and welfare aid to needy cancer patients, home hospice care services for terminally-ill cancer patients, as well as rehabilitation support programs for recovering cancer ...
[81] [82] One of three children, Tharman is the son of Emeritus Professor K. Shanmugaratnam, [82] a medical scientist known as the "father of pathology in Singapore", who founded the Singapore Cancer Registry and led a number of international organisations related to cancer research and pathology. [83] [84] [85]
Singapore Cancer Society; Singapore Cheshire Home; Singapore Children's Society; Singapore Christian Home for the Aged; Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution; Singapore Committee of the World Organisation for Early Children Education; Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises; Singapore Council of Women's Organisations
Born in Singapore in 1921, Shanmugaratnam was one of five children, and was of Ceylonese Tamil Hindu descent. [3] His father was a teacher. After his completing secondary school education at Victoria School, Shanmugaratnam enrolled into the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1937, but his education was disrupted by World War II and the Japanese occupation. [4]
Cynthia Goh (21 November 1949 – 13 February 2022) was a pioneer of palliative care in Singapore. She served as the chairman of the Singapore Hospice Council and the co-chairman of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, and was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
National Council on Problem Gambling (Singapore) National Dental Centre Singapore; National Healthcare Group; National Heart Centre Singapore; National Kidney Foundation Singapore; National Neuroscience Institute; National Skin Centre; National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, American cancer survivor advocacy organization; National Council of Churches of Singapore, a fellowship of churches and Christian organizations in Singapore; New Canaan Country School, a K-9 school in New Canaan, Connecticut; North Cow Creek School, K-8 public school in Palo Cedro, California
Teresa Hsu Chih (7 July 1898 – 7 December 2011) (Chinese: 许哲; pinyin: Xǔ Zhe), was a Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, social worker, yoga teacher, nurse, and supercentenarian known affectionately as "Singapore's Mother Teresa", in recognition for her active lifelong devotion in helping the aged, sick, and destitutes locally. [3]