Lianhe Wanbao - 19 hrs 34 mins ago
A 13-year-old boy was pronounced dead two hours after being
hospitalised, after two days of vomiting.
The boy, Noel Du Lijie had been eating bread around 10:55am
yesterday morning at his home in Pasir Ris when he started vomiting
froth again and was hospitalised. Noel was a secondary 1 student at
St. Patrick’s School and has an older sister.
This morning, the boy’s grandparents told our visiting reporter
that they had rushed down from Penang yesterday after receiving
news of their grandson’s death. The boy’s mother told us that Noel
vomited many times on Tuesday night. They took him to a doctor and
his condition improved after he took some medicine. However, after
eating a piece of bread yesterday morning, his condition worsened
which eventually resulted in his death at the hospital.
When Noel started throwing up again after ingesting the bread
yesterday morning, his family promptly called the ambulance and
sent him to hospital, but he was pronounced dead at 12:50pm despite
receiving emergency treatment.
It is understood by Lianhe Wanbao that the boy had been
feeling unwell for two to three days, although he attended school
on Monday. He was absent on Tuesday and his father had informed the
school about the reason for his absence.
The police have classified the incident as non-natural
death.