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I return home after a long day of work at the hospital. “Dinner’s ready,” mum says as she breezes by into the kitchen. Dad sits in a corner watching animal videos on YouTube at full volume.

I go into my room and change out of my scrubs. As per mum’s instructions, these go into a separate pile for de-germing with Dettol before joining the rest of the family’s laundry. Already a subscriber? Log in Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month No contract ST app access on 1 mobile device Subscribe now All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.



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