Gesture of solidarity: Yeap (in red mask) gazing at herself in the mirror as her long hair, which she had kept for more than a year, is cut for a good cause at a salon along Karpal Singh Drive in Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: A cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy not only has to suffer health side effects, but also hair loss.
To show her support for patients fighting cancer, arts and craft teacher Yeap Poh Looi, 43, turned up at a salon in Karpal Singh Drive to donate her locks.
Yeap said it was her third time chopping off her locks for charity.
/ Posted on 1 February, 2021 8:30
The pandemic has snuffed out the medical tourism boom in South-east Asia, leaving the once-thriving sector ailing. TTG Asia reporters examine how the industry is fighting to nurse the sector back to financial health.
Singapore
By Pamela Chow
While medical and wellness is not a current focus of her tourism strategy, Singapore may find ample opportunity in this sector, thanks to her effective clampdown on the spread of Covid-19, as well as her egalitarian distribution of vaccines since December 2020. The island nation’s speedy turnaround during the pandemic has earned her global recognition that could benefit her status as a hub for treatment and restoration.