Resilient in the face of tragedy


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 01 Oct 2006

Dr Ang Swee Chai, a Penang-born doctor working atthe Royal London Hospital, reflects on the tragedythat befell Pakistan when a massive earthquakestruck on Oct 8 last year. 

MANY of us were only beginning to cope with the effects of the Boxing Day Asian Tsunami in 2004 – the world’s greatest natural disaster. Yet, barely a year later, I awoke to news of a massive earthquake in Pakistan on Saturday, Oct 8, 2005. 

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