Compensation for Pte Ian Derek Low and family due to negligence by SCDF.
Dear Sirs,
Ian was discharged from Admiralty Prison on 19 September 2015 with a cocktail of medications (anti-psychotics, anti-depressions, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills…), a weight gain of 12kg, increased cholesterol levels and a letter from the prison psychiatrist, Dr John Dosco, to seek further help from IMH.
He was admitted to the IMH on 22 Sept 2015 and discharged on 28 Sept 2015.
Since taking multiple drugs can cause serious unpredictable damage, he is now undergoing non-invasive natural treatments; acupuncture, aromatherapy, Chinese herbs and food as well as drinking natural spring water all in a conducive environment for his recovery against the backdrop of a rainforest, river, waterfall and hot springs in Malaysia.
Ian was enlisted on 12 March 2012 for NS in SCDF.
He was officially discharged from SCDF as of 29 July 2015 on medical grounds.
The primary consideration for NS Enlistment Act is that the individual should be fit physically, emotionally and mentally to serve.
Below are some questions that perhaps you can help with my understanding of how SCDF works:
1. What kind of stringent checks do you accord to determine the fitness of an individual?
Ian had complained about the tedious, backbreaking physical training under the hot sun that he had to undergo during his training. Emotionally traumatized as he struggled to cope with what was required of him to carry out his duties such as having to bear with vulgarities screamed down his ears over an extended period of time.
Whilst some may feel that nothing is better for the heart than a lot of vigorous exercise and obedience enforcement through whipping these young boys into line, I beg to differ.
The human heart has a certain rhythm, whether it is quickened or slowed by extraordinary stress, it is quite obvious that the more we endanger the heart’s function both physically and emotionally, the more likely it is to be damaged.
There is not a mood, not a thought, not an attitude, not an experience, not a word read from a book, not a headline in the paper, not a moment’s viewing on television, not a second in the consideration of a play, in which the circumstances taken in through our senses, will not have an immediate reaction upon the heart.
Whenever a delicate instrument is subject to extended period of exceptional stress for which it is not basically intended, a gradual destruction of psychic function and physical damage, especially the autonomic nervous system is inevitable.
Even though he may become accustomed to it and may endure it at the time, the heart is at a danger of stopping anytime.
There is a reason why people have been dropping dead in their youth and prime.
The present educational curriculum does not gear towards keeping the body in good condition but towards institutionalizing young children to the non-militant Warfare of Competition.
We staved into these young hearts, striking it a foul blow for which it has no defense except to take their young lives. Society has placed unrealistic expectations of our youth like how scoring 9 A*s instead of 10 can now constitute a failure in their young minds to the majority.
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Dear Sirs,
Ian was discharged from Admiralty Prison on 19 September 2015 with a cocktail of medications (anti-psychotics, anti-depressions, muscle relaxants and sleeping pills…), a weight gain of 12kg, increased cholesterol levels and a letter from the prison psychiatrist, Dr John Dosco, to seek further help from IMH.
He was admitted to the IMH on 22 Sept 2015 and discharged on 28 Sept 2015.
Since taking multiple drugs can cause serious unpredictable damage, he is now undergoing non-invasive natural treatments; acupuncture, aromatherapy, Chinese herbs and food as well as drinking natural spring water all in a conducive environment for his recovery against the backdrop of a rainforest, river, waterfall and hot springs in Malaysia.
Ian was enlisted on 12 March 2012 for NS in SCDF.
He was officially discharged from SCDF as of 29 July 2015 on medical grounds.
The primary consideration for NS Enlistment Act is that the individual should be fit physically, emotionally and mentally to serve.
Below are some questions that perhaps you can help with my understanding of how SCDF works:
1. What kind of stringent checks do you accord to determine the fitness of an individual?
Ian had complained about the tedious, backbreaking physical training under the hot sun that he had to undergo during his training. Emotionally traumatized as he struggled to cope with what was required of him to carry out his duties such as having to bear with vulgarities screamed down his ears over an extended period of time.
Whilst some may feel that nothing is better for the heart than a lot of vigorous exercise and obedience enforcement through whipping these young boys into line, I beg to differ.
The human heart has a certain rhythm, whether it is quickened or slowed by extraordinary stress, it is quite obvious that the more we endanger the heart’s function both physically and emotionally, the more likely it is to be damaged.
There is not a mood, not a thought, not an attitude, not an experience, not a word read from a book, not a headline in the paper, not a moment’s viewing on television, not a second in the consideration of a play, in which the circumstances taken in through our senses, will not have an immediate reaction upon the heart.
Whenever a delicate instrument is subject to extended period of exceptional stress for which it is not basically intended, a gradual destruction of psychic function and physical damage, especially the autonomic nervous system is inevitable.
Even though he may become accustomed to it and may endure it at the time, the heart is at a danger of stopping anytime.
There is a reason why people have been dropping dead in their youth and prime.
The present educational curriculum does not gear towards keeping the body in good condition but towards institutionalizing young children to the non-militant Warfare of Competition.
We staved into these young hearts, striking it a foul blow for which it has no defense except to take their young lives. Society has placed unrealistic expectations of our youth like how scoring 9 A*s instead of 10 can now constitute a failure in their young minds to the majority.
More at https://tinyurI.com/yy66l9th
