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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I APPLAUD Mr Tan Toon Wei for his letter last Saturday, "Offer partial scholarships so more can study medicine", and fully agree with his view.
My daughter's passion is medicine but the National University of Singapore did not deem her good enough to study to be a doctor. She never gave up hope and as parents, we fully support her.
We have to tighten our belts to fulfil her dreams. We feel her pain, sorrow and frustrations.
We appreciate what the Government has done to support my daughter's education from primary till International Baccalaureate level. Please continue to help her pursue her dreams.
My daughter will now study medicine at Monash University in Australia, a move that will drain us of our retirement savings and we may have to sell our home in the process.
Hopefully, NUS could increase the medical intake twofold so that these future doctors can stay and serve our nation. Singapore may lose the bulk of talented doctors if these foreign-trained doctors decide not to return.
Kamisah Yacob (Ms)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I APPLAUD Mr Tan Toon Wei for his letter last Saturday, "Offer partial scholarships so more can study medicine", and fully agree with his view.
My daughter's passion is medicine but the National University of Singapore did not deem her good enough to study to be a doctor. She never gave up hope and as parents, we fully support her.
We have to tighten our belts to fulfil her dreams. We feel her pain, sorrow and frustrations.
We appreciate what the Government has done to support my daughter's education from primary till International Baccalaureate level. Please continue to help her pursue her dreams.
My daughter will now study medicine at Monash University in Australia, a move that will drain us of our retirement savings and we may have to sell our home in the process.
Hopefully, NUS could increase the medical intake twofold so that these future doctors can stay and serve our nation. Singapore may lose the bulk of talented doctors if these foreign-trained doctors decide not to return.
Kamisah Yacob (Ms)
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