In this newspaper report i will be reporting about a recent incident regarding the Thai teenager who lost her legs during a unfortunate MRT incident.
The incident happened in April where the Thai teenager fell into the mrt tracks at Ang Mo Kio station. The Thai teenager named Peneakchanasak Nitcharee came to Singapore to study English and was bound to return to Thailand in 3 weeks. The thai teenager had a "dizzy spell" and fell into the MRT track. Medics said that her lower body limbs were severely injured and doctors had no choice but to amputate it. The Thai teenager was sent to tan tock seng hospital later in the afternoon and her father was called down and reunited. Even though the thai teenager lost both legs she was seen cheerful and happy when returning to Thailand to visit her family.
After the Thai teenager reached Thailand , she was funded by red cross society in Bangkok of $250,000 worth of medical expenses. The shocking news that struck me and the singaporeans citizens and the Thailand citizens was that the Thai teenager was only compensated of $5000 medical fee. This is totally "unacceptable" as spoken by the thai teenager's father. After such a horrify incident.
The Thai teenager's father then sued SMRT for a total of3.4million of compensation money for the girl's medical expenses. The doctors said that that will be the amount needed for the girl custom made legs which cost about $150000 per pair. And over the period of the next 50Years. The family said that they were asking for just enough and not an extra compensation for the girl. SMRT who had private discussions with the family has not come to a conclusion yet but was seen very reluctant to compensate the family.
After reading this article on the newspaper i felt really disturbed by the fact that the thai teenager lost her both limbs to one of Singapore's best transport system. And only compensated $5000. If i was in her situation i would be fuming with anger and grief. Losing both limbs isn't a small matter. Try putting yourself into her shoes i would feel depressed and devastated and probably would want to end my life. The fact that the thai teenager had enough courage to face this terrible incident tells us how much we much cherish our life and live it to the fullest. I personally feel that 3.4million is exaggerating to a certain extent , but nevertheless i strongly agree that SMRT should bear all the girl's medical expenses in the years to come until she is able to support herself in future. As said , responsibility is one of the most important factors in our everyday lives, hence SMRT should be held responsible for this unfortunate mishap.
-Bryan
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