SAF soldier dies after training
A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) full-time National Serviceman (NSF) died on Tuesday evening after a training session.
Specialist Cadet (SCT) Ee Chun Sheng, 21, was found unconscious at about 5.11 pm after undergoing a navigation drill at Ama Keng Training Area in Lim Chu Kang.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence (Mindef), an SAF medic tried to resuscitate SCT Ee four minutes after he was discovered unconscious.
At 5.39pm, the serviceman was then attended to by an SAF doctor after the former was sent to the Tengah Air Base Medical Centre.
After 25 minutes, SCT Ee was sent via an ambulance to the National University Hospital (NUH), where the SAF doctor and medic continued to resuscitate him while on the way.
The serviceman was pronounced dead at 9.03pm at NUH.
The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF said they extend their deepest condolences to the family of the late SCT Ee.
The SAF is said to be assisting the family in their time of grief and is investigating the incident.
On Monday, an NSF was injured after a grenade exploded prematurely in the weapon while he was under training, after which the SAF suspended all firing of grenade launchers.
