Seniors dying alone: Elderly couple found dead together in Jurong flat
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Around two weeks before Christmas, Jurong resident Lim Chwee Guan noticed a strange smell wafting along the corridor of his 18th floor Housing Board unit. After three days, the 78-year-old retiree alerted the police when he suspected something tragic had hapSeniors dying alone: Elderly couple found dead together in Jurong flat
Around two weeks before Christmas, Jurong resident Lim Chwee Guan noticed a strange smell wafting along the corridor of his 18th floor Housing Board unit. After three days, the 78-year-old retiree alerted the police when he suspected something tragic had happened. A number of residents who live in Block 338B Kang Ching Road, near Lakeside MRT, are senior citizens. His fears came true on Dec 15, 2024, when police discovered the decomposing bodies of an elderly couple who lived on the 18th floor. They had died of natural causes. While there have been reports of seniors dying alone in their flat, trauma cleaner Rahman Razali, of DDQ Services, said the Kang Ching Road incident was unusual. His company is one of three firms in Singapore that are engaged by town councils to clean up a flat after such cases. Said Mr Rahman: “My company attends between two and three cases every week involving seniors dying alone at home. “But it is very rare to hear of two people dying together like this. I have only encountered one or two such cases after 10 years in this line of work.”
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