A Centre To The Storm: Front-line Notes On The Sars Outbreak In Singapore

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.

Product details

• Authors: Poh Lian Lim, Poh Lian Lim
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.12.2026
• EAN: 9789811225970
• ISBN: 978-981-1225-97-0
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, MEDICAL / Infection Control, Singapore, Infectious & contagious diseases, Infectious and contagious diseases, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)