Episode 6: Healthy Outside But One Step Away From a Heart Attack (ft. Ong Thiam Hock)

A healthy lifestyle doesn’t always mean a clean bill of health.

Mr Ong Thiam Hock’s life after retirement was full of movement and joy. Daily 10km walks, family trips, and a generally healthy lifestyle gave him every reason to feel confident about his health. Without corporate coverage, screenings simply fell off his routine.

But his daughter noticed the small things he brushed aside, like the breathlessness he kept attributing to age.

At her urging, he went for a check-up.

What doctors found was serious: a fully blocked artery, and the need for an immediate bypass.

In this episode of Health Unfiltered, host Veronica Chiu talks to Mr Ong about his experience, the emotions that followed, and why he now sees screening as an act of care for those around him. He also reflects on the gratitude he feels toward his daughter, whose instinct may have saved his life.