A former Singapore Airlines (SIA) stewardess died unexpectedly after slipping on wet tactile paving and undergoing surgery for an ankle injury she sustained in the fall.
Speaking to Stomp, her good friend Ms Tay, a 39-year-old former stewardess, said that she had known the deceased, 40-year-old Venecia Ng, for more than 10 years through their time working together as SIA cabin crew.
After leaving the airline during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ng joined the healthcare industry, and was working at Thomson Medical Centre.
According to Tay, Ng was crossing the road on June 22 to get to the hospital building when she slipped and fell on wet yellow tactile paving â designed to help visually impaired pedestrians navigate public spaces.
The fall resulted in an ankle injury that required surgery at Thomson Medical Centre. Although Ng had expected to be discharged the day after the operation, she extended her stay after experiencing pain in her leg.
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Two days after the surgery, Tay said Ng even joked on social media about the screws doctors had inserted into her leg, with the caption: âPeople get new tattoos. I went hardcore, I got new body parts.â
Shortly afterwards, she collapsed.
âShe appeared well until around midnight, when she complained of breathlessness and collapsed shortly afterwards. She did not regain consciousness,â Tay told Stomp.
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