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Prayers to the motorcyclist's family. What happened? A Honda Jazz cut off and side swiped a motorcyclist at Yishun Avenue 1 on 23 July 2023, around 9.30 A.M. This sent the motorcyclist off his bike and knocked his helmet off as well, leaving his head unprotected as he crashed onto the tarmac. The motorcyclist laid still on the ground, and another rider who went past the motorcyclist as the incident took place, but stopped and went over to check on the victim. The person who provided the footage claimed to have returned to the scene and reported to the police after dropping off their wife, who called the ambulance. It is unknown if the Honda Jazz had motive or if it was simply reckless driving. Online Chatter Some facebook users who claimed to be the victim’s father-in-law and cousin have commented under the post saying that he is in a comatose state in the ICU. Others sent well wishes for the victim’s recovery, and called for the driver to face justice and dealt with severely. ========= Be the first to get the latest road/ COE news and get first dibs on exclusive promos and giveaways in our Telegram SGCM Community. Join us today!

So I was trying to wrote and share about my own kid's journey to see doctors in the past year, when out of the blue, I am now writing about my baby, who is currently in High Dependency, in the NUH PICU aka paeds ICU! Right now there's oxygen, ventolin, and iv lines etc etc.... and a day ago, I was just having lunch and buying a toy and durians to sneak home when things suddenly changed... such is the vulnerability of little lives... My baby goes to childcare, and you may know that that's a petri dish of bugs, you get a pro to help take care of your child, feed, dress, clean etc, but your baby is also in close proximity to other kids. Social distancing is non existent, and in an air con place, you'll share drool, aerosols etc. So it wasn't just Covid, there's all kinds of viruses that I'm just learning the names of.. RSV aka Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection, Metapneumovirus and many more. https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/index.html Flashback to Friday pm, and baby gets another cough, a fever and some running nose. Yep, another URTI as they say. Ok, I have bought the panadol, the ibuprofen and the fever pads etc, so I have my usual SOP. The fever goes up to 39, no worries, still under control right... baby is still smiling, I sneak some ice cream and mango past mummy's eyes and baby is happy.. Then Sunday fever goes up, but smiles and alertness still no issues. But wife's maternal instincts kick in, and she insists we go see a doctor... I'm reluctant, I give her the Hollywood / standard official reply: "the situation is under control" speech, but she's not impressed, so we make an appointment for the nearby polyclinic, where we get jabs and meds. So to wind back, when my little 'un was born, for the first vax, and also review, we saw the specialist in NUH, especially since there was some jaundice. But wow... the bill was more than five hundred bucks! Anyway, the doctor is my old schoolmate, so he says I should go to the polyclinic for future jabs and general ailments. And wow, vaccinations and checkups are free at the poly! You even get free panadol, which costs a lot in a hospital! Plus, you can use apps like the OneNUHS to book appointments and change them. A far cry from when I used to queue for half a day at the old poly to see a doctor, and sit next to a whole bunch of sick people.. Now you get a nice separate area, pretty quick service, and thank you bros and fellow taxpayers, for paying for her meds. So I'm sold, I go there now when baby is sick, I book an appointment the night before, ask for time off and I can see someone, usually within an hour worth of waiting. The wait time is comparable to a GP now, and meds are far cheaper. Eczema creams are a fraction of the cost at a GP and even less than NUH. Likewise for the steroids, fungal stuff etc. So back to current issue... we reach the poly and we are the last. The young doctor has had a long day, but is still cheerful and takes a long look. She doesn't look happy. I hear "labored breathing, wheeze, use of chest muscles" and next thing I know, she writes a referral to the ED for my kid. I thought it might just be meds or something.. So I even send my wife home to get a shower to hunker down for the long wait at ED, whilst my MIL and I wait. Maybe some oxygen and some meds and I'm home, I'm still thinking... So we reach the "P3" area, and a nurse takes the vital signs. She doesn't say much, which isn't so good as usually there are some comforting words.. the MO arrives, takes the history, and reads the referral letter. After a quick check, in which I hear "creps", she scuttles off to make phone calls and next thing, we are whisked to the "P1" zone, where everyone is wearing N95. Ok.... it's getting more tense... Suddenly the senior doctor comes in and says we need to admit, and - And, straight into High Dependency! Wow... that really hit me.. The next part is the traumatic part... so my wife is really not ok with blood, so I stay in with baby whilst they take blood and set an IV line... and man... that was heartache... took three times, and it was the senior doctor doing it, so I know it was a pro... My baby was looking at me, crying and also crying papa, with eyes pleading me to help stop the pain... man, that's not easy to stomach... finally they get it in. Then they put me on a trolley bed with baby - no wheelchairs allowed it seems, with oxygen, adrenaline etc etc... We get wheeled everywhere it seems before coming to the ICU where the High Dependency ward is located.. It's an isolation room for anyone with infections, it looks like NCID, and there my baby lies with my wife until the results come back... I can't go in, but NUH partnered Ronald Macdonalds, and they sponsored a room for relatives to wait. This place is like the SIA lounge... tea, coffee, showers, soft chairs and even some titbits and wifi .... I'm going to eat more Macs - respect and salute them for giving this... I only found out today from another parent.. last night I was literally siting in darkness outside, and it was pretty dark at night there. It seems there's a viral bug outbreak, so I'm just another in the cohort. But those doctors at night were friendly and helpful despite being busy. Salute Now we watch, await test results of PCR and bloods, as well as give supportive treatment... Prayers are definitely welcome....

A good option for patients who wish to pass away at home. Kudos to Dr. Tan and the medical team at NTFGH. If the option was presented to us during the last days of my late dad, we would have opt for it. Leaving ICU to die at home, surrounded by family and familiar comforts Mr Hong Kaw was never comfortable whenever he was in hospital and would hanker to go home. “Although my father was weak, he was still lucid. But on Nov 4, he could not be woken up from his nap and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. We rushed down when we were told that his heart had stopped, but they managed to resuscitate him by using CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation),” said his daughter Hong Poh Ngor, 46. Wanting to give her father a fighting chance and “fulfil whatever his wishes were in the time he had left”, she and her two siblings decided to have him treated at the intensive care unit (ICU). When the family realised that the miracle they were hoping for – that he would regain consciousness – was not coming, they decided to fulfil his wish to die in his favourite recliner chair at home. “After two days and with still no response from my father, we decided to have him brought home,” said Ms Hong, a treasury executive. Mr Hong became the first critically ill patient from the ICU at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) allowed to fulfil his wish to die at home. Within 1½ hours of reaching home, he died in his recliner chair, surrounded by family. He was 83. Called IAmGoingHome, the project was started in October 2022 by medical teams from both the ICU and Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine at the hospital. Six other patients have since taken the same route as Mr Hong, and the hospital wants to make this a norm in the future. NTFGH is the first and currently only hospital to offer a structured initiative for adults. “Letting go of such aggressive treatment is sometimes the best choice,” said Dr Tan Chee Keat, a senior consultant at the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at NTFGH. “Even before (the) Covid-19 (pandemic), some of our patients expressed the desire to go home. They don’t want the loneliness of dying in ICU with all the machines around, but the logistics is tough because these people are on life support. We need to ensure their transfer back home is a smooth one,” she said. She mooted the idea after a young patient who wanted to go home could not and died in the ICU in 2021. Recalling the incident with tears, Dr Tan said: “This young man suffered late-stage eye cancer. He was in great pain and wanted to spend time at home before he died. “His parents also wanted that for him but, at that point in time, we didn’t really know how to make the arrangements. The logistics floored us, and we could not help fulfil his wish.” Initial challenges for the team included the question of whether life support should be terminated, as the patient may die “quite quickly” when intensive care treatment is stepped down for the journey home. “Here, it has become more of palliative care, where some of the tubes have been removed and the patient is given oxygen to help with the breathing and medication to manage the pain – everything in small doses,” Dr Tan said. In the last four to five years, NTFGH had an average of 150 ICU deaths annually.

thanks for all the laughs you have given me through the years 😢 https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20210227-1127338%3famp

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/days-in-icu-scariest-of-my-life This Coronavirus patient in Singapore shares his experience of being in ICU. He told The Straits Times that it was the scariest of his life. He talks about what happened to him, when he fell sick and his thought process throughout the entire process. He also mentioned about all the support he and his family is given. He ended off by reminding people not to assume you are safe as everyone can get the virus regardless if you go to entertainment venues or engage in outside activities after work. He also experienced how medical workers (our front line heroes😥) risk their lives just to help save lives and how they kept giving him positive comments to help him survive this difficult journey. Everything happened so fast after his diagnosis, he said. "Just before I was wheeled into ICU, I quickly sent a text message to my wife to tell her I love her and I love our son," he recounted. "In ICU, I was given sedatives to facilitate the intubation procedure in order to be connected to a ventilator. I woke up one day later and found six tubes on me - one in my mouth, one in my nose, one on my neck and three on my hands. "I couldn't speak and the only way for me to communicate with the doctors and nurses was through writing. I was given some paper and a pen to communicate with them." On the sixth day, a video call was arranged for Mr Koh and his family. "Even though I couldn't talk as I still had the tube in my throat, I felt so relieved to see my wife and son," he said. Tears flowed during the short 10-minute call. "I gave them a thumbs up, to tell them that I was doing well," said Mr Koh. "My wife forwarded a lot of messages to me and I was so comforted to see how much support my bosses and colleagues had given them." OCBC Group chief executive officer Samuel Tsien called his wife to check in on her, and told her that she is "part of the OCBC extended family". They also bought groceries for her and offered to bring her food daily during her quarantine. "My handphone had hundreds of messages from friends who sent me their prayers." Mr Koh's wife, 44, who declined to be named, said: "There was a lot of anxiety, especially when my son and I had to be quarantined and I couldn't be at the hospital with my husband, who was so sick. "People came and left food outside our door as we couldn't go out to get our own food. It was the support from family, friends and colleagues that helped me through those two weeks." "The experience let me see up close how the medical workers put themselves at risk to save lives. Every day, someone would say to me, you need to get well soon so you can go back to your family. They were so positive and their words of encouragement helped me survive this ordeal," said Mr Koh. "I never thought I would get the virus because I don't go to entertainment venues or engage in outside activities after work. So don't assume you are safe. Anyone can catch the virus anywhere."