Serious Accident at Lucky Plaza involving PHV

[ManOfTheHour]

 

[invis]

 

[ManOfTheHour]

One Pinoy trapped under the car

 

[ManOfTheHour]

Looks like victims are maids

Their employer has to pay for the medical

[ManOfTheHour]

 

[ManOfTheHour]

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by ManOfTheHour

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[The_King]

is this singapore? why hardly anyone speak the 4 official language 

[invis]

Two pedestrians, aged 29 and 35, were unconscious when conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where they later died from their injuries. Four pedestrians, aged 30 to 43, were conveyed conscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

[The_King]

Edited December 29, 2019 by The_King

[The_King]

Two dead, four injured in serious car accident outside Lucky Plaza; driver arrested

 

 

 

 

 

 

SINGAPORE - Two female pedestrians were killed and several left injured after a car crashed onto a side road at Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road on Sunday (Dec 29) afternoon.

Several eyewitnesses told The Straits Times that the car had crashed through a metal railing and landed on the side road next to the mall, hitting several people in the process.

When contacted, the police said they were alerted at 4.58pm to an accident involving a car and six female pedestrians, aged between 29 and 43, along Orchard Road.

"Two pedestrians, aged 29 and 35, were unconscious when conveyed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where they later died from their injuries. Four pedestrians, aged 30 to 43, were conveyed conscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

"The 64-year-old male driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death. Police investigations are ongoing."

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at about 5pm requesting assistance at 304 Orchard Road, and dispatched five ambulances.

 

 

It said six casualties were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with four of them suffering serious injuries. ST understands that all six are Filipinas.

 

Photos circulated online earlier in the day show a black car on a side road next to the mall, with at least two individuals lying nearby. A person appears to be pinned under the vehicle.

According to a video online, a stretch of the metal railing above the side road looks severely damaged.

It also shows a number of people looking injured and receiving help from others at different spots around the area.

Lucky Plaza mall is known to be popular with foreign workers, especially foreign domestic workers from the Philippines.

Domestic helpers Rosemarie Reyes, 41, and Liza Niez, 47, were having a gathering across the road from where the accident took place.

They said the injured were fellow Filipino workers who were having a picnic beside the railing when they were hit by the car.

One of them was trapped under the vehicle. A group of bystanders lifted the vehicle to rescue her, said Ms Reyes.

“I heard loud screams when the accident happened, and we were all scared. Everyone ran over and some rushed to help, including giving CPR,” she added.

This is a developing story.

 

A man believed to be the driver of the car being led away by police to assist in investigations. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

 

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/serious-car-accident-outside-lucky-plaza-several-believed-to-be-injured

[ManOfTheHour]

1 hour ago, The_King said:

is this singapore? why hardly anyone speak the 4 official language 

Lucky Plaza mah

[ManOfTheHour]

Not for the faint hearted

 

 

[Homelander]

Yeah the driver ki siao or ki hong...really wtf

[meng.huat]

i saw the photo. 1 lady pinned under the car was already dead. her face was paper white.

[ODACHEK]

[The_King]

i jsut look at the map, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre is jsut around 200 to 300m from Lucky Plaza

[Coffee_O]

RIP. the driver ish really KNN. 

[ManOfTheHour]

9 hours ago, The_King said:

i jsut look at the map, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre is jsut around 200 to 300m from Lucky Plaza

I think ambulance cannot anyhow send to private hospital

[The_King]

5 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:

I think ambulance cannot anyhow send to private hospital

i mean shouldnt doc priority to save life first?

 

 

[ManOfTheHour]

4 minutes ago, The_King said:

i mean shouldnt doc priority to save life first?

 

 

Ideally.

 

however if ambulance send to private, who will bear the extra cost?

sadly money is still the first thought

[The_King]

2 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:

Ideally.

 

however if ambulance send to private, who will bear the extra cost?

sadly money is still the first thought

yes, money first

[ManOfTheHour]

SINGAPORE - The Mount Elizabeth Hospital's 24-hour accident and emergency (A&E) department is open to all patients, regardless of who they are, and the hospital will dispatch staff to attend to emergencies via its ambulance service, said its chief executive Noel Yeo, in response to criticisms over the Lucky Plaza accident.

In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 30), Dr Yeo said the hospital's A&E team would have responded immediately had it been activated or informed of the incident on Sunday.

He said it learnt later from news reports that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was activated and had arrived to attend to the casualties.


Six Filipino domestic workers were gathered on a pavement along Nutmeg Road behind Lucky Plaza for early celebrations ahead of the New Year when a black Honda turned towards them, mounted a kerb, hit the group and crashed through a pavement railing and plunged several metres.

The SCDF on Sunday had said it received a call at about 5pm requesting assistance at 304 Orchard Road, and dispatched five ambulances to take the six casualties to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where two later died from injuries.

The move had triggered questions among readers, with several posting comments on The Straits Times' Facebook page asking why the casualties were not taken to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, located across from the accident scene.


In his Facebook post, Dr Yeo said its hospital and ambulance services are not part of the SCDF's list of medical providers, which means that the hospital will not be activated by the SCDF even if such an incident is within close proximity.

"While the hospital is capable of treating emergencies, it is not set up like the restructured hospitals for severe traumatic conditions, which include multiple trauma and extensive burns," he added.

ST understands that in cases involving severe and multiple trauma patients, SCDF emergency ambulances will convey them to the nearest accident and emergency department where they are equipped to deal with such cases with the necessary resources, equipment and medical support by emergency-medicine specialists.

Also, SCDF ambulances are equipped with sophisticated equipment and manned by trained paramedics and crew who are capable of performing resuscitation on patients.

In an update on Monday night, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower Low Yen Ling said that two of the Filipino domestic workers who were injured in the car crash had been discharged.

She said in a Facebook post: "We're thankful that Ms Laila F Laudencia has since been discharged and Ms Demet L Limbauan has just been discharged from the hospital early this evening after a period of treatment."

[socrates469bc]

35 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:

SINGAPORE - The Mount Elizabeth Hospital's 24-hour accident and emergency (A&E) department is open to all patients, regardless of who they are, and the hospital will dispatch staff to attend to emergencies via its ambulance service, said its chief executive Noel Yeo, in response to criticisms over the Lucky Plaza accident.

In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 30), Dr Yeo said the hospital's A&E team would have responded immediately had it been activated or informed of the incident on Sunday.

He said it learnt later from news reports that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was activated and had arrived to attend to the casualties.


Six Filipino domestic workers were gathered on a pavement along Nutmeg Road behind Lucky Plaza for early celebrations ahead of the New Year when a black Honda turned towards them, mounted a kerb, hit the group and crashed through a pavement railing and plunged several metres.

The SCDF on Sunday had said it received a call at about 5pm requesting assistance at 304 Orchard Road, and dispatched five ambulances to take the six casualties to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where two later died from injuries.

The move had triggered questions among readers, with several posting comments on The Straits Times' Facebook page asking why the casualties were not taken to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, located across from the accident scene.


In his Facebook post, Dr Yeo said its hospital and ambulance services are not part of the SCDF's list of medical providers, which means that the hospital will not be activated by the SCDF even if such an incident is within close proximity.

"While the hospital is capable of treating emergencies, it is not set up like the restructured hospitals for severe traumatic conditions, which include multiple trauma and extensive burns," he added.

ST understands that in cases involving severe and multiple trauma patients, SCDF emergency ambulances will convey them to the nearest accident and emergency department where they are equipped to deal with such cases with the necessary resources, equipment and medical support by emergency-medicine specialists.

Also, SCDF ambulances are equipped with sophisticated equipment and manned by trained paramedics and crew who are capable of performing resuscitation on patients.

In an update on Monday night, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower Low Yen Ling said that two of the Filipino domestic workers who were injured in the car crash had been discharged.

She said in a Facebook post: "We're thankful that Ms Laila F Laudencia has since been discharged and Ms Demet L Limbauan has just been discharged from the hospital early this evening after a period of treatment."

 

those jokers who criticized dont know that mount e is private for-profit hospital and not public hospital?

 

so of cos their emergency services is not included by scdf since scdf ambulances r in practice a free service.

 

even though mount e's or gleneagles emergency services r more than capable to handle such emergency cases, who will foot the bills?????

 

maybe ask those jokers to pay for the treatments will shut them up. 

[The_King]

55 minutes ago, socrates469bc said:

 

those jokers who criticized dont know that mount e is private for-profit hospital and not public hospital?

 

so of cos their emergency services is not included by scdf since scdf ambulances r in practice a free service.

 

even though mount e's or gleneagles emergency services r more than capable to handle such emergency cases, who will foot the bills?????

 

maybe ask those jokers to pay for the treatments will shut them up. 

 

 

money always first la, give the private hospital a 50kg gold bar as deposit. you be treated like king, you want any doc around the world also can 

 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by The_King