Suffer Because of The Cost by Vanshaj

On the 10th of October there was a terrible shriek at about six O’clock. A woman around the age of 40 had fallen on the ground and was unable to move. She was alone with her son and her husband was at work. The woman had been in a condominium named Riveredge. She lived in a HDB that was roughly 500 meters away. She had gone to Riveredge to have a swim with her 7 year old child. She needed help and the only way she could get help was through her son.

Bystander Amit Nandrajog father of two children also heard that shriek. He had been returning from work and was heading home to surprise his children, when he heard the scream. According to him, after two minutes he saw a child and the condominium guard running towards the pool.

“What happened?” The Amit Nandrajog asked. The guard however did not answer his question. The bystander then started following the boy and the guard. They soon reached the pool where Bystander Amit Nandrajog finally understood what had happened. Though it was not clear at that time, it appeared that the woman had slipped a disk. The woman was clearly anguished and needed medical help soon.

“Should I call the ambulance?” Bystander Amit Nandrajog asked.The woman however told him that she did not want to go to the hospital.

“Just take me back home!” She cried in pain. Her house was a well five-hundred meters away not counting the stairs leading up to her house also taking in the fact that she was in no condition to walk. The guard and bystander Amit Nandrajog slowly moved the woman onto a chair. The two men had to carry her on a plastic chair all the way to her house. Every step they took was making them more and more tired. Slowly both of them finally reached the HDB. The job however was not over yet. The lift had been broken according to the woman for nearly 3 weeks. The only other way to get her to her house was up the stairs. The woman lived on the 7th floor of the HDB. The bystander and the guard had to take her all the way up to the 7th storey. Normally it would not have been a problem. This time they had to carry a full grown woman up 7 floors. The both of them carried the woman up the stairs until they finally reached. When the woman’s husband finally returned, the guard and Amit Nandrajog were waiting for him. The husband explained to the two men that this had been happening for a few months now. The woman however did not want to have surgery because it was too expensive. Has Singapore healthcare become too expensive till the point where people would rather suffer that have surgery to help them? Or is this surgery that hard to execute that it is for 6-8 thousand dollars?