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A priest solemnising the marriage of the lovebirds at the Sarawak General Hospital recently.
A priest solemnising the marriage of the lovebirds at the Sarawak General Hospital recently.

Her days are numbered but cancer patient still gets to marry her man

KUCHING: Unlike William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, love is no tragedy for Khim and Chan Teng Kong.  Love actually overcomes. At least that is what it is for cancer patient Khim. Recently she and her long-time boyfriend got married against all odds.

The couple, both in their golden years, had always wanted to tie the knot and say “I do” like any lovebirds would finally do, but cancer struck the woman. The disease incapacitated her and confined her to the wheelchair, which would dash the dream of the weak-hearted.


‘ This is the first time such a thing happened  in the hospital. It was very touching, romantic, and sad all at once. ‘


But not this woman, even though she has been told the cancer is slowly killing her and she is dying.

She is strong-willed, believes in her inner feelings, knows what she wants and how deep her love for her man is.

Perhaps, just perhaps, these are the things that have kept her boyfriend by her side all this while and bind them in body and spirit.

And so they overcame.

One day recently, a priest came to solemnise their marriage that was attended by about 50 people, including doctors and nurses working the ward of the Sarawak General Hospital, which had been home to the woman.

One of the attendees in her post on social media expressed her excitement after witnessing the marriage ceremony.

“This is the first time such a thing happened in the hospital. It was very touching, romantic, and sad all at once. I am extremely happy for the couple,” she said.

It was a hush-hush affair but like most happenings in the world today, the digital age does not favour secrecy, in no time, news and photographs of the couple had the social media abuzz.

Somewhere in someone’s social media post, Chan is said to be a Latin dance instructor with Khim as his dance partner of many years.

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