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Singaporean physician knighted for contributions to COVID-19 vaccination programme
Professor Lim Wei Shen, knighted as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine programme, leads at Nottingham University Hospitals.
Professor Lim Wei Shen, a Singaporean consultant respiratory physician and honorary professor of medicine, has been awarded the title of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), as one of four distinguished foreigners recognized this year for their services.
This knighthood, announced on 21 March, recognises Prof Lim’s significant contributions to the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom.
Prof Lim, who serves at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in England, has been a pivotal figure in the battle against COVID-19.
Graduating from the University of Nottingham Medical School in 1991, he has dedicated his career to advancing General Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine. His name has appeared on the specialist register since 2002.
Perhaps most notably, since November 2020 or earlier, Prof Lim has led the COVID-19 subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, offering critical advice to the UK government. In this role, he has worked tirelessly to review evidence as it became available, advise the government, and help achieve a rapid vaccination programme.
Under his leadership, the committee has navigated the complex challenges of the pandemic, contributing significantly to the nation’s vaccination strategy and ultimately saving countless lives.
The KBE is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed by the British Sovereign to civilians and is awarded in an honorary capacity to foreign nationals who have made significant contributions to British interests.
Prof Lim’s knighthood is a testament to his extraordinary efforts and achievements, especially in the realm of public health and safety during one of the most challenging periods in recent history.
In addition to the KBE, Prof Lim was also awarded the prestigious research medal, the Moxon Medal, by the Royal College of Physicians in January 2022 for his outstanding contribution to clinical medicine, and the British Thoracic Society’s (BTS) President’s Award in December last year, all of which were awards of exceptional importance.
Prof Lim is from the 1983 batch of Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore and had a photo of him been previously playing at Singapore Primary Schools Team Championship in 1979. National U-12, U-14 individual champion.
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Ah yes, the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Forcing untested medical technology onto hundreds of millions of people all for the sake of “public safety.” The repercussions of which will linger for decades to come in increased rates of rare diseases and complications which were once medically obscure. Personally, I believe everyone involved in this program and did not blow the whistle committed crimes against humanity and should be put to trial. But I’ll leave that to future generations to sort this one out (Assuming there will be any.) Many countries were too poor and too populous to receive the mRNA vaccine.… Read more »
So this is one of the cronies responsible for pumping shit into people and killing them? The untested drug that some pharma made money off? And they knighted him? I wonder why they didn’t knight the farking MIW for promoting this crap.
Why Never Knight Lee Hsien Loong. CB!!!!
Or Ho Jinx!!!
Did anyone recall how many time Mustafa shopping center had been identified as a source of covid cluster during the covid situation? Maybe 3-4 times? That’s how talented our million$ PM/ministers was handling the covid – anything they Failed to address/correct 3-4 times just considered as No Blaming Culture, hor.
Recall the “purpose-built, super-new” FW dorm that was supposed to be the showcase on how dorm should be designed to prevent spread of a national-wise virus? Didn’t that became a source for covid cluster too? Local talents – No, Pappies lickers reclassified by Ownself as Talents – Yup.
Again the pappies slapping themselves, keep Ownself Tell Ownself locals have no talents, thereby must import foreign “talents”. When our leaders have no talents themselves, of course they will tell us locals have no talents; just like when Kayu Son didn’t get a strong mandate because Singaporeans dun think highly of him, so the narrative became that voters are “Free Riders”. What is “Talent” to incompetent leaders? Like the 3 clowns put in a HungerGames style selection to see who can be the next-PM during a national crisis like covid? LOL, one of them even so talented to say foreigners… Read more »
How about under this PAP, doctors treated a FEW Sick Hep Patients to their EARLY DEATHS?
Not ONLY, instead, this bold PAP Administration GRANTED them, the medical staff, the Honour of No Blame Culture Medallions !!!
The PAP for SG, then it’s end time. SGpns pack your bags cz no Future for your kids. This PAP Administration favours cheap foreign trash – then what the hell is Education by PAP under the MoEdn for.
Accomplished SG doctors are treated as diamonds in foreign countries. These foreign countries know a thing real REAL talents whereas PAP saw talents from cheap trash and dishonest degree grads.
There it goes – another proof of the EVIL running in PAP Hegemonic Mentality – so many local talents discarded wasted for Millionaire Expensive yes men who only toe the PAP lines even something ridiculously absurd.
Didn’t the PAP Administration admonished some of our local doctors during covid when these doctors offered good hearted views and advice, forcing even some to apologize – apologize for political obstruction?
So very true – prophets ARE NOT WANTED in their own countries.
So many people SPOKE secret EVIL of the PAP Administration trying to act as SG gods.
I did not know using vaxx to kill can be awarded award and even rewarded leh!
How irionic ,when the Covid would probably not kill you but this ‘expert’ comes out with vaxx to do it!😆😆😆
Even want to politicise this? Okay, this guy should have joined politics best under our capable and benevolent PAP to earn millions. What a wasted talent, silly oppies, what do you think?
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Bravo to Professor Lim on his achievements and Royal commendation.
He is in a good place amongst like minded professionals, … striving to save and protect humanity.
Would he have had the platform in SillyPore, … when there was not a specialist or virologist amongst the so called Multi~Ministry Task Force !!!
And what became of a vaccine jointly developed by Duke~NUS Medical School and US pharmaceutical company Arcturus Therapeutics, … that was all headline grabbing news about gaining approval for clinical trials in 22July2020 !!!
Once again, … bravo to Professor Lim.