RIP: BMTC Recruit Andrew Cheah Wei Siong - 10 June 2008
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http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2008/jun/10jun08_nr.html
Posted: 10 Jun 2008, 1500 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)
REC Andrew Cheah Wei Siong from the Basic Military Training Centre fainted at 8.35am while participating in a 2km walk training activity at Pulau Tekong. He was rushed to the medical centre and arrived within five minutes. He was given immediate medical attention by the doctors. At 9.24am, REC Cheah was heli-evacuated to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). The SAF medical team continued to resuscitate him en route. REC Cheah was pronounced dead at 10.50am in SGH.
MINDEF and the SAF extend their deepest condolences to the family of the late REC Cheah. MINDEF will assist the family in their time of grief and is investigating the incident.
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NS recruit dies after fainting during training activity
Posted: 10 June 2008 1757 hrs CHANNELNEWSASIA.COMSINGAPORE: A 20-year-old national serviceman died in hospital, nearly two hours after he fainted during training on Pulau Tekong on Tuesday morning.
Recruit Andrew Cheah Wei Siong from the Basic Military Training Centre fainted at 8.35am while he was taking part in a 2km walk training activity on the island.
He was rushed to the medical centre and arrived within five minutes. He was given immediate medical attention by the doctors.
At 9.24am, Mr Cheah was evacuated by helicopter to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
The medical team from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) continued to resuscitate him en route. But, they failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead at 10.50am at SGH.
MINDEF and the SAF extend their deepest condolences to his family. MINDEF says it will help the family in their time of grief and is investigating the incident.
Mr Cheah is the second national serviceman to die suddenly this year. In January, 41-year-old Major Tan Yit Guan collapsed and died after a run with colleagues.
Before those two cases, 25-year-old Captain Ho Si Qiu died after completing the 21km Singapore Bay Run in August last year.
Heart specialist Michael Lim says there are two leading causes of sudden death in young adults.
The first is an inherited condition that leads to thickening of the heart muscle which affects the heart's ability to pump blood.
The second is myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle caused by an infection.
Dr Lim says these conditions can be detected easily with an electrocardiogram or ECG.
MINDEF says ECGs are carried out on all servicemen during the medical screening before they are enlisted. Although Andrew Cheah was slightly obese and had had asthma as a child, MINDEF says he passed the medical screening and was given a clean bill of health. - CNA
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RIP brothers in arms.
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RIP
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could it be a newly enlisted recruit into the obese batch just last week only?
cause from what i know, sch 2 passing out today and school 1 tomorrow.. rip..
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RIP
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Wah....sad.
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poor thing. sometimes i really wonder what is the purpose of RM. in war who the hell will carry such a big bag and march. got tonners and tanks what. sure, some places cant access but is there a need to carry so many extra stuff anot.
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Is it something to our kids or their diet...this thing seem to happen so often nowadays.
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i am getting enlisted soon and saw this , somemore i also tekong.
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Originally posted by Resentment:
i am getting enlisted soon and saw this , somemore i also tekong.
Relax lah....just take care of yourself...it'll be fine....these cases are rare eventhough it seem to be happening now and then
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Originally posted by bladez87:
poor thing. sometimes i really wonder what is the purpose of RM. in war who the hell will carry such a big bag and march. got tonners and tanks what. sure, some places cant access but is there a need to carry so many extra stuff anot.
It makes sense to give recruits a taste of all these. It breaks them in. Moreover the stuff I paced I do use them.
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Originally posted by Resentment:
i am getting enlisted soon and saw this , somemore i also tekong.
just don't be a hero
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RIP.
On a sidenote, I think the sedentary nature of most of our youth today and their usual diet of fastfood and processed snacks may have an impact on their health.
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ok i must cut down on fastfoods already. although i am a very thin guy.
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Originally posted by bladez87:
poor thing. sometimes i really wonder what is the purpose of RM. in war who the hell will carry such a big bag and march. got tonners and tanks what. sure, some places cant access but is there a need to carry so many extra stuff anot.
You've answered your own question in the parts in bold.
All that 'extra stuff' is training. When you go into battle in highly-inaccessible places, you may well have to bring extra ammo, extra rations, river crossing equipment, heli-signalling equipment.... the list goes on. All of it on your back.
Besides, people like MG/84/ATGM/Signaller/Medic would have to carry heavy equipment.
In any case, my condolences to the REC's parents. This is a piece of news that no parent would ever want to hear.
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RIP. Its an isolated incident. Its easy to get emotional but its not fair to pin the blame on route marches. Somemore it was only 2km on a cool morning, not 20km under the baking hot sun. LazerLordz makes the most sense if u wan to pin the blame on...blaME it on the lifestyle.
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was from sch 2. today is my POP day.. morning as i was in bunk saw the heli fly to medical center. then left bout 10 min later... afternoon around 11 during lunch the flag was lowered to half-mast. silence for 1 min. sad for him though its my pop day today.
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Originally posted by club18:
was from sch 2.
today is my POP day..
morning as i was in bunk saw the heli fly to medical center.
then left bout 30 min later…
afternoon around 11 during lunch the flag was lowered to half-mast.
silence for 1 min.
sad for him though its my pop day today.30 seconds or 30 min? it is very unusual for an Heli-evac to be on ground for 30mins.
My condolences.
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Originally posted by club18:
was from sch 2. today is my POP day.. morning as i was in bunk saw the heli fly to medical center. then left bout 10 min later… afternoon around 11 during lunch the flag was lowered to half-mast. silence for 1 min. sad for him though its my pop day today.
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Originally posted by Resentment:
so what unit did u get into?
not known yet. unit posting out on the 20th. -
THis is v sad, i believe its the new PTP batch of recruit. NO wondder i saw the helicopter flying past today..
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RIP, and condolences to the family. It is usually very hard to accept that your kid died while serving the nation.
And agreed it's a rare and isolated incident, might possibly be due to a multitude of factors, sometimes including dormat medical conditions that may not be properly diagnosed at CMPB. other reasons could include the person's health and genetics etc... case is, it's prob many factors...
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Originally posted by club18:
not known yet. unit posting out on the 20th.
ok good luck bro. i am enlisting into tekong in sept 11 haha -
Its not the prob with RM la.. we all walked more then 2km and nothing happened. Something jus went wrong la..
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will this recruit have full military burial?