Hearing from the Helpline: “I feel lost in this big city”
We hear from Jyothi, HealthServe’s Crisis Helpline Specialist, as she recounts her story with Vihaan (not his real name), a migrant brother who came down with chicken pox one day after starting work in Singapore. “As a Crisis Helpline Specialist, I encounter a wide range of cases, each with unique challenges and needs. […]
Life After a Work Injury: Surviving the impact of a 250kg fan falling onto my legs
“When I woke up, I found my legs wrapped in bandages. I thought I might have lost them forever.” Imagine waking up in an ICU, unable to feel your legs. This was the ordeal 31-year-old Pandi faced a year ago, after a 250kg fan hit his legs in a fan repair service gone […]
Social Work Today: Real Needs, Real Challenges, and Staying Real
By Feng Yanjia, HealthServe intern & student of NUS Master of Social Sciences in Communication “Why did I choose to become a social worker? Perhaps it was partly because of my childhood experience. When I was younger, I didn’t get to interact with social workers but looking back, I think it would have […]
HealthServe Co-Founder Dr Goh: Imagine a World Without NGOs
By Yang Guangyu, HealthServe intern & student of NUS Master of Social Sciences in Communication What lies ahead for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Singapore and beyond? This World NGO Day*, we catch up with our visionary co-founder Dr Goh Wei Leong on his motivations, learnings as well as aspirations for the sector. “Have […]
Hopes of a Hero
Malek has been working in Singapore for almost ten years. Malek started coming to HealthServe at the beginning of this year when he was facing gastric problems. His friends had strongly recommended the affordable healthcare services that HealthServe offers, and since then, Malek has been coming here whenever he faces any medical issues. […]
Resilience Through Adversity
“It felt like my life was falling apart.” “But everything is in control now,” shared Shah*. Like many migrant workers, Shah first came to Singapore to work in hopes of providing a better life for his family of six back in Bangladesh. Soon after he started work in 2007, a string of unfortunate […]
