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SINGAPORE – When Felix Bell, 14, was admitted to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) last June, his parents thought his persistent vomiting was due to a stomachache. They were stunned when later that evening, their son, an active teenager who played tennis, football and cricket, had a heart attack for the first time. His condition deteriorated rapidly over the next few days and he died of an unknown heart condition on June 3. Doctors found he had silent pneumonia – when blood oxygen levels drop dangerously low – and a weakened arterial wall in his heart. Felix’s mother, Dutch...
