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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
After leaving the airline during the Covid-19 pandemic, Ng joined the healthcare industry, and was working at Thomson Medical Centre.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> \u2014 designed to help visually impaired pedestrians navigate public spaces.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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: \u201cPeople get new tattoos. I went hardcore, I got new body parts.\u201d<\/p>\n Shortly afterwards, she collapsed.<\/p>\n \u201cShe appeared well until around midnight, when she complained of breathlessness and collapsed shortly afterwards. She did not regain consciousness,\u201d Tay told Stomp.<\/p>\n She added that doctors had performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for about two hours after Ng\u2019s heart stopped before placing her on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine.<\/p>\n Ng was then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, where she later died.<\/p>\n In an Instagram tribute posted on July 10, Tay wrote that a CT scan later revealed Ng\u2019s lungs were \u201cfilled with blood clots, hence it caused the heart to stop\u201d.<\/p>\n She also shared that many people turned up to pay their final respects to Ng, with some standing for more than an hour. Her cortege departed on the morning of July 11.<\/p>\n PHOTO: INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n Speaking to Stomp, Tay said doctors believed the blood clots had originated in Ng\u2019s leg before travelling to her lungs. She added that they suspected the clots developed after the surgery because Ng had not moved much following the procedure.<\/p>\n \u201cA life well lived albeit too short. The hearts and lives she has touched with her sincerity and kindness brought so many people together tonight,\u201d Tay wrote in her Instagram tribute.<\/p>\n In an Instagram Story posted on July 11, Tay recalled that staff who knew Ng told her she would \u201calways fight for them\u201d \u2014 a testament to her willingness to stand up for others and bring people together.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure you had laughed loudly hearing all our conversations… my phone is bursting because of you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Yet Ng\u2019s sudden passing came as a shock to Tay, who described her to Stomp as \u201cselfless, always ready to lend a helping hand, a supportive leader, and friend\u201d.<\/p>\n She added: \u201cShe\u2019s always cheerful, spreading positivity to people around her.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is heartbreaking and shocking that what began as an ankle injury ended in such a tragic loss<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Have something to say? Join in!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Explore more on these topics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See something interesting? Contribute<\/a> your story to us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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