‘Can’t move their body as usual’: Some SQ321 passengers left Thailand in air ambulances, doctor says

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SQ321 was on its approach from London to Singapore, and was &nbsp, over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar when&nbsp, “rapid” G- power shifts wreaked havoc in the house. The plane’s roof was thrown up before falling back to earth, causing the passengers and crew to fall. &nbsp,

One American traveler, Mr Geoff Kitchen, 73, died on board, possible because of a heart attack, while another suffered brain and spinal cord injury. &nbsp,

The day after the tragedy, 58 people were warded in three facilities, including 20 individuals in the ICU.

At that time, five Singapore from the aircraft, including two in ICU, were receiving therapy in Thailand.

CNA understands that Mr Bobby Chin, a former part of the&nbsp, Council of Presidential Advisers, &nbsp, was hospitalised in Bangkok, but is comfortably back in Singapore.

One person, good Singaporean, was also warded in Bangkok Hospital as of 12pm on Jun 5, according to a blog on Samitivej Hospital’s Twitter site. Two Singapore were originally warded in that doctor, according to an earlier update.

According to Dr. Saran, none of the patients who are still warded in Thailand are ICU patients. &nbsp,

” I assume that maybe a week or not more than two weeks from now, the ( patients ), all of them, can… go back home”, he said.

LONG- Word EFFECTS

In the first 24 hours after arriving in Bangkok, nine of the patients who received treatment at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital needed disaster surgery.

One person had to have multiple therapies because the victim’s symptoms changed after the initial procedure, making this case the most challenging one at the hospital.

It is “hard to say” whether patients may experience long-term results like numbness or chronic pain, according to Dr. Saran.

” We have some technology, some models that can support and help the person to go back to have normal life activities as ( they had ) previously”, he said.

He claimed that none of the patients had a perfect spinal cord injury.

In such a scenario, there would be” no way to go back”.

A perfect injuries, as defined by the website of Johns Hopkins Medicine, means that the body is not moving or feeling below the injury’s level. &nbsp,

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‘Everything happened really in a flash’: How one man stayed safe amid extreme turbulence on SIA flight SQ321

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Therefore, they were” slamming right down on the handles, hitting their tails, hitting their heads on something”, he said.

The plane dropped about 6, 000ft ( 1.8km ) within four minutes. &nbsp,

” Anything happened actually in a flash”, he said, adding that people quickly started gasping and screaming.

When the turmoil ended, there was a statement acknowledging what had happened and a request for medical practitioners to volunteer to check on the people. A few people responded to the request and conducted some preliminary research, according to Mr. Dzafran.

” The passengers also were told to sit down and hang tight but at the same time, amid all this chaos and confusion, I felt … that people, you know, could n’t really absorb what was to be prioritised, what was happening”, he said. &nbsp,

Individuals who were unharmed were scouring the area for their devices, which had been ripped out of their hands as a result of the volatility, he continued. They were looking for a way to communicate with their loved ones without delay.

Finally, Mr. Dzafran discovered his cellphone.

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Singapore Airlines ordered to pay S,580 to couple in India over faulty seats: Reports

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After their seats failed to recline electronically during their flight from India to Australia last year, Singapore Airlines ( SIA ) has been ordered to pay a couple in India more than S$ 3,500.

According to media reports from India’s newspapers on Thursday ( Apr 25 ), the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Hyderabad ruled in favor of Ravi Gupta and his wife Anjali Gupta.

The pair had traveled from Hyderabad to Australia via Singapore on May 23, 2023, according to a report from the Deccan Chronicle. &nbsp,

They complained during the trip that their enterprise class chairs, which were supposed to rest online, had malfunctioned.

India Today reported that the couple were “forced to stay awake throughout the journey”, after forking out 66, 750 rupees ( S$ 1, 090 ) for each ticket.

Singapore Airlines had immediately offered 10, 000 KrisFlyer yards per man, but the offer was rejected by the plaintiffs.

Mr Gupta, who is Telangana’s director general of officers, apparently claimed that they were treated as “economy group people”, except for the more room, the Deccan Chronicle reported.

The committee ruled that SIA if deposit 48, 750&nbsp, pounds to each plaintiff, along with 12 per cent attention. &nbsp,

Furthermore, the airline was ordered to pay a settlement of 100, 000&nbsp, pounds for “mental horror and natural suffering”, as well as 10, 000 rupees for the costs of the problem, the media outlets reported. &nbsp,

In total, the airline was ordered to pay 219, 200 rupees, which is about S$ 3, 580.

CNA has contacted SIA for more information.

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‘We lived to tell a story’: Couple trapped in tunnel for 24 hours after Taiwan earthquake

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SINGAPORE: When Ms. Namrata Kohli learned that a Malaysian pair had vanished in Taiwan’s Taroko National Park as a result of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake, she assumed it to be her husband and her husband. &nbsp,

The 39-year-old Employment Pass holder who has worked in Singapore for more than six years at the tech firm Meta said,” I do n’t know how it was n’t us.” &nbsp,

” I also pray that they are properly brought out .” &nbsp,

Ms. Namrata and her husband were trapped in a hole in the same national park for 24 hours as they were battling Taiwan’s worst quake in 25 years on Wednesday ( April 3 ). &nbsp,

The pair had made the 12-day journey to Taiwan on March 29 for what was supposed to be. The Taiwanese couple was last seen on the Shakadang Trail in the national area the day before the earthquake, which they had earlier visited. &nbsp,

Ms. Namrata and her father had driven from Hualien City to the Tunnel of Nine Goes in the area on the day of the earthquake to climb another road it.

They set off on the small path through the hilly terrain and parked the car at the tunnel. It was on the way up from the road, at about 8am, that the earth started to shake. &nbsp,

Both of us only ran as the noise started to increase, she said. ” We both started to run as fast as we could, but then the rocks started to fall as well” .&nbsp,

Her husband’s ears and face were hurt when one of the rocks struck him in the face. As stones fell around them, and she could feel the little stones pelting her feet and legs, they sought sanctuary in a small cave-like construction. &nbsp,

When the spasms subsided, they saw they were nearly at the end of the road, and so walked about 100m to their vehicle parked in the hole. &nbsp,

They assumed the next step would be to leave the regional park and return to Hualien City, but they were improper. They were wrong, though, and they were safely in the car. &nbsp,

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CNA Explains: What is red yeast rice, its health benefits and safety concerns?

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What are the allegedly health advantages of crimson bacteria rice? &nbsp,

Red yeast rice is frequently used in wellbeing products that claim to lower cholesterol.

According to Professor Eric Chan, a pharmaceutical scientist at the National University of Singapore’s ( NUS) Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, red yeast rice contains a compound called monacolin K, which is chemically identical to lovastatin.

Lovastatin belongs to a group of statin drugs. Statins lower the amount of “bad cholesterol” and fat in the blood as well as increase the amount of” good cholesterol”.

According to Singapore’s HealthHub site, great “bad cholesterol” levels can cause blood vessels to fill up and lead to stomach pain, heart attack or stroke. &nbsp,

According to Prof. Chan, previous research has shown that red yeast products ‘ levels of monacolin K can vary, but such products often disclose the levels of the substances they contain. &nbsp,

As a result, it is possible that the success and side effects of such products may get “unpredictable”, he added. &nbsp,

What are some of the issues with crimson bacteria rice? &nbsp,

There have been reports of people in Europe and the United States having negative results after consuming dark bacteria corn, according to a 2018 review by the European Food Safety Authority. These included body pain, kidney injury and digestive disorders.

While red bacteria rice’s monacolin K helps lower cholesterol, it also has side effects that are comparable to those of lipitor, according to Prof. Chan.

Statins may trigger muscle wound, with signs of increasing intensity, such as weakness, tenderness and cramps, he said. In some cases, it can lead to liver deterioration.

According to him,” statins are only prescribed by dosage, with recommendations to program safety tests regularly.” &nbsp,

However, for side effects are “uncommon” for people taking statin drugs, said&nbsp, Dr Yeo Khung Keong, a mature expert physician. He added that between 3 and 5 percent of his people experience body problems and aches.

Unlike lipitor treatment, over- the- counter health supplements for as&nbsp, those containing dark yeast rice undergo&nbsp, “less demanding” &nbsp, regulation controls, said Dr Yeo.

A certain degree of scrutiny is put forth when it comes to medication, making sure that its active ingredients are replicated in every pill.

What active ingredient in the drug must be made known. And whether this active ingredient is in a particular dose that is known can be replicated”, Dr Yeo explained. It can be reliably established that a pill that says 20 mg of statin always contains 20 mg of the drug, within a certain margin of error.

Red yeast rice products have some guidelines.

According to HSA’s regulatory guidance, supplements with red yeast rice are required to contain less than 1 per cent of lovastatin.

Additionally, the HSA places strict restrictions on toxic heavy metals and forbids the addition of substances like steroids to health supplements. &nbsp,

Dealers have an obligation to ensure that their products are not harmful or unsafe, and that they conform with HSA’s guidelines, said the authority.

What went wrong with the three Kobayashi products?

Dr Yeo pointed out that in the case of&nbsp, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s recalled products, the side effects might have been caused by a contaminant, rather than the active ingredient. &nbsp,

The Japanese pharmaceutical company has reported that its Osaka factory located what appeared to be potentially toxic puberulic acid. It could have been made by the penicillium from the red yeast rice produced at the factory between last April and October.

According to nutritionist Ms. Jeffy, under certain circumstances in the fermentation process, the mold used to make red yeast rice can also produce citrinin, a toxin that has been linked to various negative health effects like liver damage and kidney failure.

” As much as possible, manufacturers would attempt to control the citrinin levels in their products but, nevertheless, ( they ) cannot control a lot of environmental factors which could result in the inconsistent level of these toxins”, she added.

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Police in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea arrest 272 suspects in joint operation targeting child porn

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SINGAPORE: Police in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea have arrested 272 citizens in a joint operation targeting child sexuality and sexual abuse.

The suspects, aged between 12 and 73, were arrested during a five- year activity from Feb 26 to Mar 29, during which officials raided a full of 236 areas.

In Singapore, 28 people&nbsp, were arrested for various alleged offences such as distributing baby abuse materials, physical contact with a slight and the purchase of vulgar materials. &nbsp,

The suspects were aged&nbsp, between 18 and 59, &nbsp, the Singapore Police Force ( SPF ) said in a media release on Friday ( Apr 5 ). &nbsp,

A salesman and his seven consumers of child maltreatment materials in Singapore were among the detained, according to SPF.

According to preliminary investigations, some of the men “got child abuse materials through messaging platforms” ( ph ).

Lots of electronic devices were discovered in 44 places in Singapore. The items included 50 servers, 39 cellular phones and 91 storage products, SPF said.

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