Madam Soh Swee Yong, an 80-year-old senior citizen, was abandoned at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Despite having family and siblings, she lies alone, receiving no visitors since her admission.
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“If she were a Puan Sri or Datin Seri, many would come visit her,” Kuan observes, his words cutting through the pretence of modern prosperity. The Price of Progress: Our Elders Left Behind When Kuan met her, the story she shared was heartbreakingly simple. Her words, as reported by Kuan, carry the heavy burden of abandonment – downcast, disappointed, deeply sad.Madam Soh’s next destination: an Indian non-governmental organisation -run home in Batu Caves. “Most probably she will end her journey of life there,” Kuan notes with characteristic directness.
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