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S'poreans donate S$250,000 to help teen who lost legs in MRT accident
Posted: 16 June 2011 0020 hrs
Nitcharee Peneakchanasak all smiles at the airport.
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Nitcharee Peneakchanasak all smiles at the airport.
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SINGAPORE : Thai teenager Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, who lost both her legs after falling onto the MRT tracks in Ang Mo Kio two months ago, will be getting a sum of S$250,000 for her medical rehabilitation expenses.
The sum of money has been contributed by a group of anonymous Singaporean donors.
Nitcharee, who returned to Thailand on Monday, has plans to walk again with prosthetic legs, which are expected to cost around S$150,000.
A Singapore Red Cross statement said that a cheque for the S$250,000 will be presented by Singapore Red Cross (SRC) chairman Tee Tua Ba to Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, executive vice-president of the Thai Red Cross Society, in Bangkok on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a Singaporean living in Hong Kong wants to settle Nitcharee's hospital bills in full.
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, learnt of her plight from a Channel NewsAsia report on Monday. After watching the story on the channel, the benefactor made contact with Channel NewsAsia's Hong Kong bureau to find out how he could help pay her bills.
One of Nitcharee's legs was severed when the train hit her, and the other was so badly damaged that it had to be amputated.
Nitcharee had been in Singapore for about a month before the incident, learning English at a private school.
She had stayed with a family friend in Ang Mo Kio.
On the day of her departure, a smiling Nitcharee was able to wheel herself into the Budget Terminal in an electric wheelchair, a gift from the Rotary E-Club of Singapore.
Strangers at the airport's departure hall posed for photographs with her, and some gave small gifts and donations.
Rotary E-Club of Singapore president-elect Christopher Bek said Nitcharee's road to recovery will be an expensive one.
Her treatment in Singapore cost about S$50,000.
Her 56-year-old father, Mr Peneakchanasak, an insurance agent, has told reporters that he rejected SMRT's compensation offer of S$5,000 and has engaged a lawyer to ask for "fairer" compensation.
Nitcharee, who comes from Trang, in southern Thailand, plans to continue her treatment at the Sirinthorn Centre near Bangkok.
- CNA/ms
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S'poreans donate S$250,000 to help teen who lost legs in MRT accident
Posted: 16 June 2011 0020 hrs
Nitcharee Peneakchanasak all smiles at the airport.
Photos 1 of 1
Nitcharee Peneakchanasak all smiles at the airport.
Related News
• Girl who lost legs in MRT accident returns to Thailand
• Father of Thai teen in MRT accident views CCTV footage
• Thai teen in MRT accident reunites with father
• Thai girl in MRT accident in serious but stable condition
SINGAPORE : Thai teenager Nitcharee Peneakchanasak, who lost both her legs after falling onto the MRT tracks in Ang Mo Kio two months ago, will be getting a sum of S$250,000 for her medical rehabilitation expenses.
The sum of money has been contributed by a group of anonymous Singaporean donors.
Nitcharee, who returned to Thailand on Monday, has plans to walk again with prosthetic legs, which are expected to cost around S$150,000.
A Singapore Red Cross statement said that a cheque for the S$250,000 will be presented by Singapore Red Cross (SRC) chairman Tee Tua Ba to Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, executive vice-president of the Thai Red Cross Society, in Bangkok on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a Singaporean living in Hong Kong wants to settle Nitcharee's hospital bills in full.
The man, who wants to remain anonymous, learnt of her plight from a Channel NewsAsia report on Monday. After watching the story on the channel, the benefactor made contact with Channel NewsAsia's Hong Kong bureau to find out how he could help pay her bills.
One of Nitcharee's legs was severed when the train hit her, and the other was so badly damaged that it had to be amputated.
Nitcharee had been in Singapore for about a month before the incident, learning English at a private school.
She had stayed with a family friend in Ang Mo Kio.
On the day of her departure, a smiling Nitcharee was able to wheel herself into the Budget Terminal in an electric wheelchair, a gift from the Rotary E-Club of Singapore.
Strangers at the airport's departure hall posed for photographs with her, and some gave small gifts and donations.
Rotary E-Club of Singapore president-elect Christopher Bek said Nitcharee's road to recovery will be an expensive one.
Her treatment in Singapore cost about S$50,000.
Her 56-year-old father, Mr Peneakchanasak, an insurance agent, has told reporters that he rejected SMRT's compensation offer of S$5,000 and has engaged a lawyer to ask for "fairer" compensation.
Nitcharee, who comes from Trang, in southern Thailand, plans to continue her treatment at the Sirinthorn Centre near Bangkok.
- CNA/ms