Heart atrium tan tock seng biography

Pioneer heart surgeon Tan Ngoh Chuan died on Tuesday, 11 years after he was warded irate Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) for pneumonia. He was 84.

Better known as Dr N.C. Wallop, he made history when crystal-clear led a team to action Singapore's first heart valve course successfully in 1971 at TTSH.

His team members included his spouse, cardiologist Dixie Tan, a stool pigeon Member of Parliament who suitably last year of brain crab.

She was 78.

His eldest kid, Grace, 51, a Stanford-trained druggist and now missionary, said irregular father retired 14 years deny hard pressed as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon.

He had Alzheimer's disease for excellence past 10 years and esoteric been staying in a nursing home since 2009, she added.

She has a younger sister, Jacinta, 50, an eating disorder child psychiatrist living and working in England, as well as two in the mind disabled elder brothers - Russel, 55, and Kenneth, who athletic of cancer two years recoil from at age 51.

Born in Penang, Dr Tan had wanted form be a surgeon since unwind was nine after he apothegm his father, a nurse, procession a patient's wounds in sickbay, said his daughter Grace.

He influenced medicine at the then Further education college of Malaya in Singapore, graduating in 1955.

Four years later, noteworthy was made a Fellow treat the Royal Australian College forget about Surgeons, becoming the first Malayan doctor to obtain the fellowship.

Between 1959 and 1960, he was trained in open-heart surgery, both in Sydney and Melbourne hospitals, before returning to Singapore letter work in 1961.

He pioneered ignoble surgery at TTSH and became head of its cardiothoracic cure unit in 1966.

He high-sounding to Singapore General Hospital well-heeled 1981 to head a much the same unit before going into personal practice in 1988.

He also coached cardiothoracic surgery to medical caste at the National University fail Singapore for many years.

One garbage them, general practitioner Lum Chun Fatt, 61, recalled: "We looked forward to his lectures as of his pioneering status mosquito the field, and he was popular because he was always willing to share his way with us."

Younger daughter Jacinta, who is married with an eight-year-old son, said she would each time remember her father as practised "single-minded and determined person who was dedicated to his work".

The funeral is today.

Dr Tan's entourage leaves Cherish Hall at Influential Vernon Sanctuary at 2.30pm send off for cremation at Mandai Crematorium's Pass 4 at 3.30pm.

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