Video: Terminally ill SAF Commander marries in uniform on hospital bed

Joseph Koh was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer a few months before his wedding with his love, Edna. 

Koh’s condition worsened, but the couple got married anyway, at his bed in the Singapore General Hospital. 

According to Stomp, Koh, who donned his Singapore Armed Forces Commander no. 1 uniform for the occasion, died eight days later after slipping into a coma.

This five-minute video soundtracked by Frank Sinatra’s song “My Way”, documents the heart-wrenching moments: 

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