A medical oncologist who cares for cancer patients in Singapore. He is always hopeful.
hope |hōp|
noun
1 a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen : he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information | I had high hopes of making the Olympic team.
• a person or thing that may help or save someone : their only hope is surgery.
• grounds for believing that something good may happen : he does see some hope for the future.
2 archaic a feeling of trust.
verb [ intrans. ]
want something to happen or be the case : he’s hoping for an offer of compensation | [with clause ] I hope that the kids are OK.
• [with infinitive ] intend if possible to do something : we’re hoping to address all these issues.