After battling Covid-19 in a district hospital, this surgeon gets to go home


Dr Ngo (right) acknowledges the sacrifices his wife Ng has made as a ‘single’ working mother during the years he was posted away from home. — Photos: Dr NGO CHOON WOON

As a doctor in civil service, Dr Ngo Choon Woon has worked in almost every corner of Malaysia.

For the past 13 years, he has gone from the west of Peninsular Malaysia (Selangor/Kuala Lumpur) to the south (Johor), then to East Malaysia (Sabah), followed by the peninsular’s east coast (Terengganu).

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