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The elderly woman had been staying at a transitional care facility in Raffles Hospital while waiting to be transferred to be a nursing home. But two weeks into her stay and just days before she was due to be transferred, Tang Chee Mun, 83, fell in theWoman, 83, falls during stay at Raffles Hospital, suffers bruises on face and 2.5cm cut above eye
The elderly woman had been staying at a transitional care facility in Raffles Hospital while waiting to be transferred to be a nursing home. But two weeks into her stay and just days before she was due to be transferred, Tang Chee Mun, 83, fell in the toilet, suffering bruises and a cut as a result. She is now warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) for her injuries. Her son-in-law, Shah Nazir, told AsiaOne last week that he received a call from the step-down care facility on March 17, informing him that Tang had fallen on her face while using the toilet that day. Tang - who suffers from brain cancer, dementia, Sjögren's syndrome as well as liver and kidney problems - had a 2.5cm cut above her left eye and was bleeding profusely, partly because she takes blood thinning medication. A doctor at the facility called an ambulance and Tang was sent to TTSH. When Shah, 48, visited his mother-in-law at the hospital, she complained of pain in her rib cage, back and toes. Read more