I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.

Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic

yoursdp.org 19 Jul '12, 1pm

I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.

An elderly couple, let's call them the Lims, had to walk all the way home because they were left without money after they paid the doctor's fees at the polyclinic in Toa Payoh. (Watch video below) Mdm Lim was bent over from the waist and could hardly walk. But she had to prop up her octogenarian husband who was even more frail and lead him because he is blind. As the elderly couple shuffled their way home, they stumbled and nearly fell on a few occasions. They were both panting and had to sit down every 100 feet or so to rest. Mdm Lim had to stop several times as she straightened up to take a breath before continuing. "I am very tired,” she groaned. How far did they have to walk? From the polyclinic in Lorong 8 Toa Payoh to their flat near Toa Payoh Central is at least one kilometre! And they could not take the shortest route because Grandpa Lim had to find spots along the...

Full article: http://yoursdp.org/news/2012-07-19-5262

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Jason Ling

20 Jul '12, 7am
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@Kayywinn » 20 Jul '12, 8am
Read this, and I can't believe that this is happening in my own fucking country. Wow, just wow. [link]
@pamelynchee » 20 Jul '12, 6am
This is heartbreaking. [link]
@gymhunk » 19 Jul '12, 7pm
RT @MrKennethTan: Here's something that our million-dollar ministers in their ivory towers pretend not to see. Juxtapose this... [link]
@shaojiey » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
Saddening.. RT @spiderpig_hippo: Damn poor thing.. Singapore system is fked up I swear. [link]
@crazynoona » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic [link] (i'm sharing w/o any poltical bias, really. it's just sad)
@yperic » 19 Jul '12, 4pm
Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic - [link] This is very sad
@jchowjs » 19 Jul '12, 3pm
this, if true, is so sad :( [link]
@putrianna » 19 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @daphnemaia: :'( RT @minghao [link] I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.
@daphnemaia » 19 Jul '12, 3pm
:'( RT @minghao [link] I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.
@DooDoo2013 » 19 Jul '12, 1pm
Can take video cannot help. Asking others to help while you yourself don't. [link]
@orrh » 19 Jul '12, 1pm
From SDP's website: "Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic" [link]
@ztzeng » 19 Jul '12, 1pm
Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic: Singapore Democrats An elderly couple, let's call them... [link]
@Dumbellz » 19 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @daphnemaia: :'( RT @minghao [link] I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.

Elderly couple walks 1 km home after visiting polyclinic

I seriously hope this is FAKE. It makes me mad and sad at the same time.

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