Mysterious Full Time NSMan Death During Army Chin Up

According to Yahoo!News:

SINGAPORE: A full—time National Serviceman collapsed while doing chin—ups at Lim Chu Kang camp on Tuesday morning.

The Ministry of Defence said he was brought to hospital where he died shortly after.

It’s the first time a fatal incident has occurred during a daily non—strenuous exercise routine and it’s the third military training death this year.

The Defence Ministry said that at about 6.05am, Private Joe Foo Wei Rong, from the 4th Singapore Infantry Regiment, was in the midst of his seventh chin—up, being assisted by a buddy, when he collapsed.

He had already completed six chin—ups without assistance and several other morning warm—exercises, including push—ups.

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According to Yahoo!News:

20—year—old Private Joe Foo Wei Rong who died at Lim Chu Kang Camp on Tuesday morning had been given three days of medical leave on Sunday for a hamstring strain.

Relatives and friends learnt of this as they paid their last respects to the full—time National Serviceman at the Ubi Teochew Parlour on Wednesday afternoon.

It’s learnt that Mindef is investigating why Private Foo was training while on medical leave.

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- This is seriously weird how a perfectly “normal” 20 year old guy in the Pes “A” combat fit NSMan can simply drop dead and die.

This reminds me of what happened to many fit and strong young men who died when they were walking, jogging or running.

How can people deemed to be fit can be dead faster then those who are not fit? Or is there a surge in “unclassified” & “unknown” death not due to fitness?

It seems to me the common answers to this phenomenal that the newspaper’s “experts” can explain is that these cases belong to sudden heart attack…but I am not sure.

I know it’s tough to chin up as during my army days…I was a “zero fighter” that constantly unable to do a single chin up but only managed to pass the test on the final IPPT test.

I feel that there are some kind of connection or link to these young and fit people who die so suddenly. If I am an investigating officer of this case or cases, I will check what they consume as first priority such as “health” products or “drugs” that can boost their fitness.

The usual suspect goes to those chemicals that usually for the unfit people to train their body and boost their metabolism so that they can be fitter while they exercise regularly.

I am not sure how and what caused the death of FIT people but the link is that they do exercise regularly and may buy similiar “health” or “fitness” products.

It’s prime time that the AVA can identify serious causes of sudden death of young and fit individuals during their exercise routines.

I believe that Singaporeans may believe too much on advertising and bias “scientific” research by “scientist” that are sponsored by their companies selling health products base on their research.

May I ask if the scientist claimed that 99.9% of cancer cases in China consume rice, does that means Rice is the cause of cancer?

Alternatively if 90% of the survey they took on a specific group of people of sample size 300-1000 people on their products achieve great fitness, does that means their product is proven effective?

Their research results tends to be positive on their own sponsoring companies and pretty bias and most likely cover up some of the “negative side effects” of the products with tiny labels.

Now, can the “forensic” department that Singapore is about to set up be able to detect or investigate the links in the numerous death of perfectly young and fit individuals in Singapore?

Oh, there is also the Medical Board’s failure to diagnose medical conditions even thou proven by Specialist by public hospital….These PES Status is really controlled by a bunched of military doctors that unfortunately may be also not 100% qualified.

My own experience is that I was given “PES B” combat fit even I told the medical board that I was born asthmatic and eventually was downgraded first to PES C2L2 then PES C9L2 over the 2 years and 6 months of National Service.

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