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Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman, Emergency Physician

Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman is a Senior Consultant from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital. Born in 1951, ...

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Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman, Emergency Physician

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Prof Venkataraman Anantharaman is a Senior Consultant from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital. Born in 1951, he has more than 40 years of experience as a medical practitioner. He describes how he and his team rendered assistance to the hijacked Singapore Airlines flight 117 in 1991, and coped with the SARS outbreak in 2003.

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