Unexpected entry to medicine


Leong who studied biomedical science at polytechnic, has been accepted to read medicine at the National University of Singapore. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

WHEN Darren Leong, 21, found out in May that he had been accepted to read medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS), he was overjoyed.

Yet, there was also a tinge of regret as he could not tell his mother the good news after losing her to cancer nine years ago - the same year he took the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).

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