Gut feeling saved his life

Mr Davinder Singh, an Indian Singaporean and a Sikh, felt pains in his chest while jogging and discovered that he had a blocked artery. He was fitted with a drug-coated stent.

TRUSTING a gut feeling made the difference between life and death for production manager Davinder Singh.

He felt chest pains while jogging four years ago and immediately went
to see his neighbourhood GP.

The doctor performed an electrocardiogram test and said his heart was functioning normally.

It made sense. After all, he was just 37 then.

But Mr Singh, now 41, suspected there was more to it and consulted cardiologist Baldev Singh at Mount Elizabeth Hospital that night.

He was put on a treadmill test the next day, followed by a CT scan, which showed that he had a serious blockage in his main artery.

Dr Baldev Singh, who now practises at Parkway East Hospital, performed an angioplasty and placed a drug-coated stent to prevent his artery from closing again. He also prescribed statins to lower his cholesterol and aspirin to help thin his blood.

Four years on, Mr Singh says there has been no recurrence of chest pains. He still jogs three times a week and maintains a healthy diet, eating only fish and vegetables. Said the father of three: “No more ghee on chapati. I use olive oil.”