how much is the price of a life ?

[verykiasu2010]

we spent millions and millions every where with questionable necessity and sting on $250k ? what kind of warped logic do we have in the gov’t ? it is not even 10% of the PM’s salary. What cost ?


if we really value life, what is $250k ? or even a few of $250k ?

it is just 3 pieces of COE

[Way2GO]

MINDEF consistent response when asked dis question is dat it is a matter of policy not to reveal d payout.

If u know wat d payout is, there is likely to be public disbelief n possible public outcry :whut:

[verykiasu2010]

Way2GO:

MINDEF consistent response when asked dis question is dat it is a matter of policy not to reveal d payout.

If u know wat d payout is, there is likely to be public disbelief n possible public outcry :whut:

probably not even one peanut

[Way2GO]

I picked up dis post fr a Mr. Phillip Phay in http://therealsingapore.com/content/saf-insensitive-towards-deceased-nsfs-family


In March 2010, my son, Wesley Phay, 17, a former GEP student who is diagnosed with severe suicidal depression by the MOH-IMH Child Guidance Clinic's Senior Consultant, was due to have his enlistment medical check-up. He has expressed much anxiety about serving his National Service due to his severe depression, and I contacted CMPB to request for a one-to-one evaluation by the Mindef Psychiatrist to determine his status before the medical check-up, citing his severe depression. Not only did the staff at CMPB take it very lightly, they insisted that he should attend the medical check-up 'just like everybody else\". I think that their attitude is that these boys are just a number to them, not a human being, not somebody's precious son. On 22 March, the day of my son's medical check-up, he committed suicide. I will never forget that day. Worse of all, when I was at the mortuary to collect my son's body, CMPB staff kept calling me to ask if my son is going to report for the medical check-up, and threatening to issue a summon to make him report. When I scolded them that they didn't even flag out this case as special-illness case as I had requested, but just any other case, and that my son had committed suicide and I was at the mortuary, they only said \"Oh\" and hung up. No apologies whatsoever! Heartless bastards. I had wanted to write to Mindef at that time, but didn't do so because of the funeral and the grief we were all suffering. This article brought back those painful moments. And I decided to post this. Please keep up the pressure to the Mindef, SAF, Home Team, Civil Defence, and to pressure them to take serious precautions and treat every male citizens enlisted in National Service with utmost respect and care. Every NS man alive is an extra man to defend Singapore.

[Way2GO]

verykiasu2010:

probably not even one peanut

Its at d lowest end of six-figure sum for a life lost while serving.
One shd also be aware dat most, if not all, insurance policies, specifically exclude all claims if injury/loss of life occurs as a result of military involvement.
So wat MINDEF pays out is all a deceased soldier's family gets n it is really much less than a peanut for a life.
Understand MINDEF is now encouraging soldiers to take part in a Group Insurance policy, its optional but soldiers hv to pay out of their own pockets.

[daisyt]

They rather think a person choose to escape than to put in extra effort to evaluate.

[vlim]

Oh gosh .. So sad to read the above posts .. :sad: ....

Every life is precious ... Every ns man is someone's precious son whom they have brought up with care and love .. :sad:

[kiddo]

verykiasu2010:

we spent millions and millions every where with questionable necessity and sting on $250k ? what kind of warped logic do we have in the gov't ? it is not even 10% of the PM's salary. What cost ?


if we really value life, what is $250k ? or even a few of $250k ?

it is just 3 pieces of COE

250k ....peanut ! kacang ! our children worth more billion put together
money cannot pay the bleeding heart of a parent.

sighnn... can we not understand unless the lost is so close to us????
Time for a wake up call .

[Oppsgal]

Way2GO:

verykiasu2010:

probably not even one peanut

Its at d lowest end of six-figure sum for a life lost while serving.
One shd also be aware dat most, if not all, insurance policies, specifically exclude all claims if injury/loss of life occurs as a result of military involvement.
So wat MINDEF pays out is all a deceased soldier's family gets n it is really much less than a peanut for a life.
Understand MINDEF is now encouraging soldiers to take part in a Group Insurance policy, its optional but soldiers hv to pay out of their own pockets.

Should do free health screening before sent for training? I think group insurance also cannot do much a help if dead. (touch wood).

[verykiasu2010]

Oppsgal:

Way2GO:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]

probably not even one peanut

Its at d lowest end of six-figure sum for a life lost while serving.
One shd also be aware dat most, if not all, insurance policies, specifically exclude all claims if injury/loss of life occurs as a result of military involvement.
So wat MINDEF pays out is all a deceased soldier's family gets n it is really much less than a peanut for a life.
Understand MINDEF is now encouraging soldiers to take part in a Group Insurance policy, its optional but soldiers hv to pay out of their own pockets.

Should do free health screening before sent for training? I think group insurance also cannot do much a help if dead. (touch wood).[/quote]what is needed is those in depth and detailed screening, not the normal usual cursory health screening