She came to Singapore as a dialysis nurse for two years but stayed for 30 – now 70, she has no plans to retire

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Daw Mi Mi came to Singapore as a dialysis nurse on a two-year assignment and has remained for three decades, continuing to care for kidney patients at age 70. Protests in Myanmar redirected her from her academic plans into nursing, and she also survived a hospital fire and worked in an operating theatre.

Student protests in Myanmar derailed Daw Mi Mi’s academic ambitions and led her to nursing, where she survived a hospital fire and spent 17 years working in the operating theatre. She later moved to Singapore to become a dialysis nurse, caring for thousands of kidney patients here.