An outcomes-focused approach to tackling diseases

“CHIN Hwee, as you get older, your best friends are doctors!”

Three wise men – Hsieh Fu Hua, Kwee Liong Tek and Choo Chiau Beng, who are my mentors – once advised me so, many years ago.

I remember laughing out loud at their remark and didn’t know what it meant, but kept the advice to heart. This adage struck me as very true later when a few of my closest relationships were diagnosed with cancer; one did not even survive past age 50.