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The Straits Times, 27 Oct 2024 - While her peers were interning in clinics or hospitals, Ms Ashley Peh chose a different approach to chalking up experience with human bodies – as an embalming intern at Direct Funeral Services. The SP Diploma in Biomedical Science (DBS) student said that friends and family were initially filled with disbelief and disgust. She added that she chose this route over a more conventional internship in a clinic or shadowing a doctor was to push the boundaries of her learning. During her two-month stint in 2023, she observed how embalmers carried out their tasks and facilitated communication between the delivery team and the embalmers. “I was also able to observe many medical situations, such as patients with pacemakers or amputations,” she said.