Late SGH nurse donated $321,000 from sale of flat

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In life, nurse Tan Sew Kee was meticulous, well-organised and dedicated to caring for others.

So as the end drew near, she went about planning her legacy with the same exacting standards.

Diagnosed with motor neuron disease, she sold her flat and arranged for the proceeds to go towards research into the cruel and debilitating condition.

Yesterday, a $321,000 cheque was presented on her behalf during a gala dinner at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

The senior staff nurse - who died in July 2011 at the age of 53 - spent most of her career at Singapore General Hospital, where she worked closely with surgeons in the operating theatre.

After being given only two years to live, she found out first-hand what little knowledge caregivers and medical personnel have of the incurable disease, which slowly robs the nerves in the spine and brain of their functions.

Ms Tan decided to sell her Housing Board flat in Ang Mo Kio and donate the proceeds to the school, to pay for neuroscience research.

Her long-time friend, Madam Lam Sek Onn, said the late nurse was spurred to make the gesture by her passion for caring for patients.