Herman Sing was 45 years old when he entered the operating room in Singapore in 2023, ready to donate 67% of his liver to a patient he had never seen.
The night before, the doctors found something no one expected: his cystic duct had an irregular shape. The risk of surgery had just increased. He could still back out.
Alongside his wife, Lim Pei San, he thought about the family waiting on the other side. “If we backed out, all the patient’s hopes would collapse. Maybe they wouldn’t have another chance with an unknown donor”, Sing said.
They decided to go ahead. They also removed his gallbladder. Today, three years later, he manages logistics in Asia-Pacific, raises four children, and continues to volunteer as he has since he was 25, with more than a hundred plasma donations under his belt.
A friend, moved by his story, also donated part of his liver to a stranger.
Sing is not looking for medals. He founded a volunteer group with more than a hundred members because he believes twenty hands help more than two. His—the one that trembles the least—has already changed someone else’s fate.
