OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2012 - Parkway Pantai

08profilefirst loveColorectal surgeon Dr Charles Tsanghas never forgotten his first love inmedicine – his patients.With passion comes sacrifice.This is what Dr Charles Tsang, colorectal specialistand founding partner of a colorectal clinic at MountElizabeth Novena Hospital – Singapore’s newest privatehospital – believes. And this is how he has lived his lifefor over 15 years, making sacrifices in order to bringquality treatment and comfort to his patients.first encountersDr Tsang’s foray into the medical profession beganwhen he was a teenager, through a number of events,which opened his eyes to the beauty of the profession.“It started when I read some medical fiction booksin my teenage years, which gave me a very glorifiedimpression of the career,” Dr Tsang shares.Following that, his younger brother fell ill when DrTsang was 16 years old, and had to spend months inhospital for treatment. “Seeing him go through thetreatment was an experience that stayed in my mind.I was able to see not just how the illness affected mybrother but my whole family as well, and I could see