SINGAPORE - When a massive earthquake struck Sichuan in 2008, social worker Lim Boon Chee was helping HIV and Aids patients in the Guangxi region in southern China.
On Monday , Ms Lim, 45, received the Outstanding Social Worker Award for her tireless efforts helping vulnerable groups in Singapore and overseas. She was among four social work leaders honoured at a virtual ceremony. In a speech at the ceremony, President Halimah Yacob said social workers have continued to help people despite the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
She gave special mention to the efforts of medical social workers, including the one who helped a couple who were among the first few patients diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus here. The wife recovered, but her husband died from the infection. More on this topic Ms Lim, who now works as principal medical social worker and art psychotherapist at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, said she never expected to receive the award.
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