SINGAPORE – While most people instinctively flee from war zones, emergency medicine doctor Lim Chin Siah, 46, is drawn to some of the world’s deadliest conflicts to treat the wounded.
In February, he returned from a three-month stint in Gaza with international medical and humanitarian aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, where he saw widespread devastation and yet indomitable resilience.
One patient still lingers in his mind: a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both parents when their house…