| Centre to the Storm, A: Front-Line Notes on the Sars Outbreak in Singapore Contributor(s): Lim, Poh Lian (Author) |
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ISBN: 9811227756 ISBN-13: 9789811227752 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 31, 2025 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Infectious Diseases - Medical | Infection Control - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Physical Information: 180 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In 2003, a US-trained Malaysian infectious disease doctor moved from Seattle to Singapore with her husband and young family. She started work 3 weeks before the first SARS patient was admitted to the hospital which became Ground Zero for SARS in Singapore. This is a firsthand account of her experiences as a frontline doctor in a terrifying outbreak as a completely new virus swept through Singapore.This book tells the story of the healthcare workers and patients caught up in the SARS outbreak in Singapore, and distills medical and public insights from hard-won experience fighting a completely unknown virus, and successfully shutting down the first pandemic of the 21st century despite having no effective vaccines or antiviral medications. |