Mr Carl Baptista holds an unusual profession as a maggot farmer, supplying these creepy crawlies to hospitals and clinics for maggot debridement therapy. The treatment, he said, is not widely accepted at the moment, mainly due to the “yuck factor”. Video: Ooi Boon Keong & Ili Nadhirah Mansor/TODAY Read more: https://tdy.sg/3rDIdPO Inform your views at TODAY: https://www.todayonline.com/ FOLLOW US ON: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todayonline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TODAYonline Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/todayonline Telegram: https://t.me/todayonlinesg

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