{{short description|Singaporean cardiologist}}
'''Charles Toh Chai Soon''' is a Singaporean cardiologist who is regarded as the "father of cardiology" in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sma.org.sg/news/2020/August/heart-of-the-matter | title=Heart of the Matter | author=Kenneth Lyen | website=www.sma.org.sg}}</ref>
== Medical career == In 1967, Toh founded the Coronary Care Unit of Singapore General Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://annals.edu.sg/pdf/35VolNo10Oct2006/V35N10p729.pdf | title=16th Seah Cheng Siang Memorial Lecture – The Changing Face of Cardiology Practice, Training and Research in Singapore | author=Boon-Lock Chia | website=annals.edu.sg}}</ref>
Toh was the Chairman of the 1972 Asia Pacific Congress of Cardiology,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sma.org.sg/index.aspx?ID=343 | title=SMACF BOD Biography - CT - Dr Charles Toh Chai Soon | website=www.sma.org.sg}}</ref><ref>US heart men for Congress New Nation, 8 July 1972, Page 2 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19720708-1.2.22</ref> at the time also having been the cardiologist of then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Kuan Yew’s ‘vintage’ 1972 speech on life and death |url=https://www.todayonline.com/rememberinglky/mr-lee-kuan-yews-vintage-1972-speech-life-and-death |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=TODAY |language=en}}</ref> He had also been a physician of Benjamin Sheares during Sheares's recovery from vascular surgery.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 1971 |title=President Sheares Off To U.S. For Medical Treatment |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19711122-1.2.11? |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19720109-1.2.3 | title=Doctors advise Sheares to take long rest | date=1972-01-09 | newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref>
Toh was also the personal physician of Teh Cheang Wan, pronouncing Teh dead at 10.20 am, 14 December 1986.<ref>[https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19870126.pdf MINISTERIAL STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, IN PARLIAMENT ON 26 JANUARY 1987 ON MR TEH CHEANG WAN'S DEATH]. ''National Archive of Singapore''.</ref><ref>SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT. Release No. 33/DEC 14-1/86/12/14. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/812-1986-12-14/lky19861214.pdf</ref>
== Public service == Toh was appointed to the Public Service Commission in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=National Library Board |title=Portrait of Dr. Charles Toh Chai Soon, Member of Public Service Commission |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/image-detail?cmsuuid=a6ed48a8-6446-4874-af90-75338ff37a70 |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=www.nlb.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Toh's son, Han Chong, is an oncologist and healthcare administrator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Never Too Old: Retirement would be 'boring', says 93-year-old cardiologist still working full-time |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/never-too-old-93-years-cardiologist-doctor-retirement-4047201 |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>
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