Jarnail Singh | |
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Born | 1953 or 1954 India |
Died | (aged 67) |
Occupation | Aviation medicine practitioner |
Known for | Studies of communicable diseases spread via air travel; fatigue and impact on aviation operators |
Awards | Pingat Pentadbiran Awam, Perak (2015) |
Jarnail Singh (1953/1954 – 6 February 2021) was a Singaporean physician who focused on aviation medicine. He was known for coordinating the aviation community's response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic outbreak in 2003 and had led the International Civil Aviation Organization's anti-SARS projects for impacted states, studying the spread of communicable diseases via air travel. He also led health studies on pilot fatigue on ultra long-haul flights. He was the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's Medical Board and the first Asian president of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.
He was a recipient of the Singapore government's Pingat Pentadbiran Awam, Perak award in 2015 for public services.