LEAD PIX: In search of aid: Long queues formed every day outside the makeshift tent in which the Mercy Malaysia volunteer medical staff worked. -- Photos by Dr CHEN TAI HO
In November, this writer left his aesthetic practice behind to lend a badly needed medical hand among those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
ON Nov 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in central Philippines. The most powerful storm of the year caused almost 6,000 deaths and affected more than 14 million people there*.
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