A juice stall owner at Alexandra Village Food Centre in Singapore had his right hand trapped in a sugarcane pressing machine for approximately two hours. Emergency services, including firefighters, rescue specialists, and paramedics, worked together to free the man, who was also attended to by an emergency medical team. The incident occurred on March 9th and involved the use of pain relief and monitoring of vital signs during the rescue. The MP for Queenstown SMC also visited the hawker centre to offer support.
Firefighters, rescue specialists from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team and an SCDF paramedic worked together to rescue a man whose right hand was trapped in a sugar cane pressing machine on March 9.
- LIANHE ZAOBAO SINGAPORE: A juice stall owner at Alexandra Village Food Centre accidentally got his right hand trapped in a sugar cane pressing machine for about two hours on Monday before he was freed. In response to a media query, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance on March 9 at about 9pm at 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, the address of the hawker centre. Firefighters, rescue specialists from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team and an SCDF paramedic worked together to rescue the man. The paramedic administered pain relief and monitored the man’s vital signs throughout the rescue operation. An emergency medical team from the National University Hospital was also on site to provide medical support. According to the Chinese language daily Lianhe Zaobao, more than a dozen civil defence personnel responded to the call with at least three SCDF vehicles and a police car parked nearby. Zaobao added that the stall owner’s hand was freed from the machine at around 10.45pm, and his ring and pinky fingers were bandaged as he was helped onto a stretcher.A bak kut teh stall owner at the hawker centre told Zaobao that the victim is over 60 years old and has been operating there for more than ten years. Eric Chua, the MP for Queenstown SMC, reportedly visited the hawker centre at around 11pm to offer his support to the injured man’s family. In October 2025, an employee at a sugar cane stall at Clementi 448 Market and Food Centre got her right hand trapped in a sugar cane machine and injured three of her fingers. - The Straits Times/ANNRinggit opens firmer against US$ amid improved risk sentiment
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