However, it has now turned out that people overseas are outraged at how the Ang Moh, Benjamin Glynn, is being “treated”.
They have allegedly raised over $50,000 for his legal fees and accused Singapore, saying that Glynn is stuck under an “oppressive legal regime”.
They claimed that Glynn was “arrested unfairly and violently by the Singapore Police”.
They also said that “The people of Singapore are hell bent on starting a witch hunt against Ben for exercising his human right of freedom of movement without a mask.”
A post was recently published on Facebook about a doctor who cried while explaining the death of the patient to the family of the patient. The doctor broke down in tears and cried. However, a netizen that witnessed the scene thinks that professionals should not behave in that way.
Netizens were quick to respond and said that the doctor cried because he/she cared.
Here is the original post
“Thoughts on professionals/ employees crying at work?I was recently visiting my elderly aunt who was hospitalised at one of our major public hospitals.
We were chatting happily when all of a sudden there was a huge commotion at the opposite bed when one of the patients suddenly collapsed and became unconscious. The next thing I knew, a whole team of almost 10 people rushed in to attend to the patient with the alarms blaring throughout the hospital PA system about a “Code Blue” (which I later learned is called when patients collapse and need CPR). Fast forward about 1 hour later, the group of 8 (yes, I counted) slowly left the patient’s side one by one. The poor husband only came towards the end of the hour and so did not even know what had happened.
One of the junior doctors (very young, looks like just graduated) then stepped outside of the curtains to speak to him and to my shock, she only managed a few words then choked up and couldn’t even deliver the news properly and proceeded to excuse herself (probably to cry) just like that… Everyone else was just stepping aside to pack up and left the husband there standing in confusion and shock.
It took almost 10 minutes later until another more senior doctor, I think one of the professors, had to come in to help explain everything to the husband instead. His heartbreak I cannot even fathom. I don’t doubt that working in the hospital is difficult. There are surely a lot of deaths out there. But I don’t think it is right for medical PROFESSIONALS to put their own grief of losing their patient (whom they only see for a few hours at work every day) above the families’ (who are literal life and blood and whom they have known and loved from birth).
How can you even think your loss is greater than the families? It puts the families in very uncomfortable situations in needing to “comfort” the crying doctor/ nurse instead, or in very confusing situations like the above, which is ridiculous.
I suggest the hospitals should look into protocols to enforce that the more senior doctors should be the ones updating families, and for more training of professionalism in this aspect.
Grieving is natural and a part of life, but there is always a time and place for it, and I don’t think any workplace (much less hospitals) should be it.”
A video emerged online showing an errant cyclist refusing to use the cycling lane on the road.
He was seen cycling dangerously close to a tipper truck instead, tailgating the large vehicle.
According to Section 7, Paragraph 6 of the Road Traffic (Bicycle) Rules in the Road Traffic Act under Chapter 276, Section 140:
“When a bicycle lane is provided on part of a road, no bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, trishaw or tricycle shall be used on any other part of the roadway.”
According to Senior Minister of State for Health and Manpower Koh Poh Koon, he said that The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will investigate employees who are fired or threaten to do so if they refuse to have the vaccination.
Although the Covid-19 vaccination is strongly encouraged, it is not made compulsory. Companies may have policies that allowed them to ask for the vaccination status of the employee if the line of work or environment post a high risk.
Companies may include vaccination as part of their recruitment policies for new hires, But the company should not be fired or threatened by any existing staff for refusing to take their vaccination nor revealing their vaccination status.
NTUC assistant secretary-general Desmond Choo said on Facebook: “Both employers and employees must maintain constant and transparent communications so that we can build the necessary resilience at workplaces. We have a social responsibility in keeping each other safe.”
A video emerged online showing a YP vaping at what appears to be his home.
He then flashed a gang sign for the cameras presumably in a bid to show his allegiance to the gang.
Under section 16(2A) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act (TCASA), it is illegal to possess, purchase and use vaporisers in Singapore as of 1 February 2018.
Persons found guilty of this offence can be fined up to $2,000.
