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SINGAPORE – The Mount Elizabeth Hospital’s 24-hour accident and emergency (A&E) department is open to all patients, regardless of who they are, and the hospital will dispatch staff to attend to emergencies via its ambulance service, said its chief executive Noel Yeo, in response to criticisms over the Lucky Plaza accident.
In a Facebook post on Monday (Dec 30), Dr Yeo said the hospital’s A&E team would have responded immediately had it been activated or informed of the incident on Sunday.
He said it learnt later from news reports that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was activated and had arrived to attend to the casualties.
Six Filipino domestic workers were gathered on a pavement along Nutmeg Road behind Lucky Plaza for early celebrations ahead of the New Year when a black Honda turned towards them, mounted a kerb, hit the group and crashed through a pavement railing and plunged several metres.
The SCDF on Sunday had said it received a call at about 5pm requesting assistance at 304 Orchard Road, and dispatched five ambulances to take the six casualties to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where two later died from injuries.
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