Woman, 81, falls during seniors fitness class after allegedly being made to skip, now bedridden with spine fracture

[True Believer]

An 81-year-old woman signed up for a trial at a seniors' fitness class hoping it will help her stay active, but took a fall during a warm-up exercise and is now bedridden after sustaining a spinal fracture. According to her son, one exercise she was made to perform involved "skipping" to one side, which he felt was risky. It was taking part in this exercise where his mother fell and suffered an injury.

https://mothership.sg/2025/10/woman-81-fitness-fall-thrive-healthcare/

 

[True Believer]

There seems to have been a total lack of any empathy from the physio conducting that lesson. It was during this 2nd exercise that the senior fell down. According to her son, the physio walked over, then left to continue the class, leaving his mom lying on the floor with her son beside her. Another lady remained with his mom soon after that. According to the son, the class continued when he summoned an ambulance.

 

[Vlad Tepes]

This is a business. You cannot expect the typical business owner or operator to exhibit an ounce of even faked empathy / sympathy. During my NSF time, this was decades ago. An old man with asthma died in open view at the old Bedok Bus Interchange. A tracheotomy with a ball point pen tube may have saved his life since there's no foreign body obstruction. When we arrived, his face blue as the sky with foam in his mouth. We pronounced him dead after ecg. Welcome to Singapore.

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[GOD IS MY DOG]

There seems to have been a total lack of any empathy from the physio conducting that lesson. It was during this 2nd exercise that the senior fell down. According to her son, the physio walked over, then left to continue the class, leaving his mom lying on the floor with her son beside her. Another lady remained with his mom soon after that. According to the son, the class continued when he summoned an ambulance.

with high rental and business costs...............i say the physio is an excellent employee................very focused on helping boss stay profitable.............

 

[Hightech88]

Investigations showed there is no skipping involved. Seems like the son is lying and trying to blame the organization.

It is just a misadventure.