SINGAPORE – A juice stall owner at Alexandra Village Food Centre accidentally got his right hand trapped in a sugar cane pressing machine for about two hours on March 9 before he was freed.
In response to a media query, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance at about 9pm on March 9 at 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, the address of the hawker centre.
Firefighters, rescue specialists from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team and an SCDF paramedic worked together to rescue the man.
The paramedic administered pain relief and monitored the man’s vital signs throughout the rescue operation. An emergency medical team from the National University Hospital (NUH) was also on site to provide medical support.
