![]() ![]() Within 1½ hours of reaching home, he died in his recliner chair, surrounded by family. ![]() ![]() Mr Hong became the first critically ill patient from the ICU at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) allowed to fulfil his wish to die at home. “After two days and with still no response from my father, we decided to have him brought home,” said Ms Hong, a treasury executive. When the family realised that the miracle they were hoping for – that he would regain consciousness – was not coming, they decided to fulfil his wish to die in his favourite recliner chair at home. Wanting to give her father a fighting chance and “fulfil whatever his wishes were in the time he had left”, she and her two siblings decided to have him treated at the intensive care unit (ICU). We rushed down when we were told that his heart had stopped, but they managed to resuscitate him by using CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation),” said his daughter Hong Poh Ngor, 46. But on Nov 4, he could not be woken up from his nap and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. “Although my father was weak, he was still lucid. SINGAPORE – Mr Hong Kaw was never comfortable whenever he was in hospital and would hanker to go home. ![]()
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