{
  "id": 11114070,
  "title": "Koh Poh Koon returns to clinical practice at SGH",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/koh-poh-koon-returns-to-clinical-practice-at-sgh",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:57:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/koh-poh-koon-returns-to-sgh/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Koh Poh Koon, a former senior minister of state for manpower and health, has returned to clinical practice at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He had previously worked as a colorectal surgeon at the hospital and has now resumed his surgical duties. Koh shared on September 30 that he resumed clinical practice, highlighting the launch of Singapore's first Toumai Surgical Robotic System in collaboration with colleagues at SGH and MicroPort MedBot. The surgical robotic platform is a new tool that Koh and his team have been working on for several months. Koh currently serves as a visiting consultant surgeon at SGH, working part-time on clinical work. He resigned from his political office on June 1 to spend more time with his family, admitting to being an absent husband, father, and son since entering politics in 2015. Koh is married and has two daughters.",
  "summary": "Koh had been working with colleagues from SGH over the past few months to bring a new medical tool to Singapore.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}