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In April 2018, Leong started experiencing symptoms like toothaches and fever.
He went to a hospital to get checked but the doctors couldn’t find anything (not even dengue, which he previously had), so he was only prescribed painkillers and was advised to get some rest.
Despite piling on the painkillers, the pain and aches only got worse in the months that followed.
His declining health worried his family and colleagues, including Ronita Paul, a friend of his.
As he had an upcoming gig at Arc Children’s Centre, where Ronita works at, she visited him with some warm soup and was in for a shock.
Upon reaching the hospital, he was immediately warded and the doctors told him that they don’t know what was wrong with him, except that he was seriously ill.
He spent more than a week in the hospital and even had to celebrate his 49th birthday there.
Sadly, Leong couldn’t eat his birthday cake, and gave it to the nurses instead.
It was a traumatising time for him, especially since his liver was failing, and he had contracted pneumonia from a bacterial infection that even his doctors couldn’t properly diagnose at first.
Not long after, a doctor discovered that Leong contracted melioidosis, a potentially deadly infection that one can get through direct contact with contaminated soil and surface waters.
Upon getting his diagnosis, he did some research on melioidosis and felt extremely lucky to have survived the ordeal.
In the photo below, guess which one is Hossan Leong? Ans : they all are!!!
https://mothership.sg/2019/08/hossan-leong-interview/
He went to a hospital to get checked but the doctors couldn’t find anything (not even dengue, which he previously had), so he was only prescribed painkillers and was advised to get some rest.
Despite piling on the painkillers, the pain and aches only got worse in the months that followed.
His declining health worried his family and colleagues, including Ronita Paul, a friend of his.
As he had an upcoming gig at Arc Children’s Centre, where Ronita works at, she visited him with some warm soup and was in for a shock.
“Ronita told me that I was yellow (jaundice). I thought she was referring to me being Chinese, but no. She said I was turning green and told me to head to the emergency room.”
Upon reaching the hospital, he was immediately warded and the doctors told him that they don’t know what was wrong with him, except that he was seriously ill.
He spent more than a week in the hospital and even had to celebrate his 49th birthday there.
Sadly, Leong couldn’t eat his birthday cake, and gave it to the nurses instead.
It was a traumatising time for him, especially since his liver was failing, and he had contracted pneumonia from a bacterial infection that even his doctors couldn’t properly diagnose at first.
Not long after, a doctor discovered that Leong contracted melioidosis, a potentially deadly infection that one can get through direct contact with contaminated soil and surface waters.
Upon getting his diagnosis, he did some research on melioidosis and felt extremely lucky to have survived the ordeal.
“I’m Mr Google, so I found out that there’s over 100,000 cases in Asia every year and 88,000 people die from it.”
In the photo below, guess which one is Hossan Leong? Ans : they all are!!!
https://mothership.sg/2019/08/hossan-leong-interview/