A 20–year-old full-time National Serviceman from the Singapore Guards died after being found unconscious in a toilet at Bedok camp on Thursday evening.
According to a MINDEF statement, an SAF medic attended to Private Amirul Syahmi Bin Kamal from the 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards shortly after he was discovered at about 530pm.
Shortly after, he was evacuated to the Bedok Camp medical centre before being transferred to Changi General Hospital Centre.
Efforts were made to resuscitate him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at 6.09pm at CGH.
In a statement released on Thursday, MINDEF and SAF expressed their deepest condolences to the deceased’s family.
SAF it is investigating the incident.
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