'Too lazy to treat sick kids'
By ROYCE CHEAH
PETALING JAYA: After just 10 days into the second session of national service this year, a parent has pulled his son out of the programme claiming the boy had not received proper medical attention.
T. Raja Mohan, 46, who went to Kem Paya Indah in Kuala Langat late on Wednesday to pick up his son Melvin Mohan, 17, lodged a police report yesterday claiming the camp had treated his son’s asthma attack with indifference.
“My son suffered an asthma attack during one of the evening physical training exercises. The trainers took him to the clinic at the camp but it was locked.
“When the chief trainer told a trainer to open the door and treat my son, the trainer said he was too lazy to treat sick kids and they should be left to die,” Raja Mohan, a product trainer, alleged in the police report.
See full report here
Do you know how many kids have died under this facade of "National Service" over the past 3 years, Read here
More will die if this sort of attitude persists
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Sad... I shivered every time our young men and women are sent to this Negative Service program. I guess we all need to pray hard for their safety... Hopefully, over a period of time, the program can be improved..
I shake my head..
Have you been to National Service? If you haven't, then you won't know how good it is. The trainers know best for asthma attacks because they have seen many. So, they might joke around sometimes, but that doesn't mean they don't take it seriously. All the camp personnel are first aid experts. They know how to deal with asthma even without the medical officer. And most of the death cases in PLKN are of some exclusively thick skull, ignorant trainees, not following the trainer's order, and perform dangerous acts. I have been in one of the camp, and i'm not surprise why there are deaths. There are idiots that will only learn after they died, but of course, it's already too late. Sorry if my words are harsh, but NS is a very good program, that is if you walk in with a positive mind set. BTW, if you have asthma, you can apply for a exclusion from the program, and most of the time, you will be given exclusion. My camp, was 345 trainees, and as time passes, reduced to 266. Most of them are due to health problems.
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