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There is hope for religious harmony in Singapore. A Muslim man was very touched by a Grab driver who kindly switched radio channels just so that he can break fast.

"When I entered his car, his radio station was on an english station. Suddenly half way through the journey, [he] switched the channel to Warna 94.2fm to allow me listen to the Azan (so that I can break my fast)."

He initially thought the driver was a Muslim but found out that he is not after asking him about his religion. The realisation made him more touched as he thanked the driver for his consideration and sensitivity.

"We have to accommodate to all four races and to all religion. We need to be united. Still remember during the kampung days, Malays will cook rendang and Indians will cook curry and we will exchange."

While this is a rare sight in Singapore nowadays, it is heartening to know that religious harmony manifests itself in small gestures.

"To Mr H M Raghu, thank you once again for your thoughtful deeds and may God bless you."

Talk about kampung spirit. Some residents found a pile of burning papers that were dumped into a rubbish bin. From the Facebook video that surfaced, they looked to be incense that were inconsiderately burnt and thrown away. 

Passerbys were shocked as the looked on at the smoke emitting from the waste. Nobody knows who was responsible for it. 

A few netizens speculated that it could have been an ignorant cleaner who did not know better about discarding incense papers. Some took offence with the assumption but were equally flabbergasted that such inconsiderate behaviour exists in Singapore. 

"I don't think this was done intentionally by the person who burns joss paper. Let's hope I am right."

"Why video instead of putting out the smoke? Want to wait for fire is it?"

Let's hope someone actually put it out. Singaporeans cannot afford to have our expensive kampungs on fire because we will not be able to afford another.

A 61 year old woman, who was running after a bus that was already packed with people and moving away from the bus bay, slipped and fell under the very same bus, and was ran over. She died on the spot in the accident at Woodlands Checkpoint.

Eye witnesses said the woman had fallen after her failed attempt to board the already moving bus. She had run after the bus, allegedly trying to grab hold of an outstretched hand of another woman who was on the bus. Unfortunately, she tripped and fell directly onto the path of the bus, and was ran over. 

Police confirmed the accident, stating the bus was heading to Johor, and that the woman was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. The male 27 year old bus driver is currently assisting police with their investigations. 

A 17 year old delivery rider, who was on his PMD and crossing the road junction at the designated zebra crossing at Sembawang Road and Yishun Ave 3, was knocked down by a car instead. 

According to eyewitnesses, the teen was taken to hospital, after both him and his PMD got stuck under the car after getting hit. Paramedics and the police managed to pull him out from under the car, and he was tended to by the paramedics on the scene. 

Police confirmed that they received a call for help at about 7:49pm, and that the teen was taken to the Khoo Teck Puat hospital conscious. Police investigations are still ongoing, and it was not known if the car driver was arrested by the police. 

IMDA has released a statement on their investigations into the postman who threw away mails on his Ang Mo Kio roundback in January, and said that the postman in question was found to have special needs.

The unopened letters had been thrown into rubbish bins in Ang Mo Kio, which was subsequently found to belong to residents in that particular neighbourhood. Once the photos of the misdeed went viral, SingPost said that it had referred the case to the police, and a 29 year old man was subsequently arrested. 

IMDA confirmed that it had concluded its investigations into the case, and had found the postman in breach of the Postal Services Act. They also confirmed that they found the postman is a person with special needs, and had shown remorse for his actions. IMDA then decided to issue an advisory to the postman, and a stern warning was also issued to SingPost given that mail integrity and security had been compromised. 

What is the point of going to the hospital if its supposedly first world healthcare fails Singaporeans? 

A woman complained on Facebook about her traumatic encounter with KK Women's and Children's Hospital. She said that she visited Tan Tock Seng Hospital because she was bleeding profusely, only to be transferred to KK, where she was sent home. 

"I was bleeding non-stop for days. It was like menstruation but the bleeding was heavy and nonstop... The doctor said there was no difference between staying in the hospital or at home. I was just given medication to stop the bleeding."

The woman fainted the next day.

She was sent to KK again but claimed that nobody attended to her. She was allegedly left in an observation room for a night.

It was only when she pressed the doctors about the pain in her body did they let her go through a closer inspection.

That was when they found out that she had already suffered a stroke and had missed the "golden window" for stroke treatment:

"As I was not attended to and treatment was delayed, I passed the golden time for treatment. The left side of my body is very badly affected."

She knows that there is nothing much they can do now due to the belated realisation but she hopes to create awareness so that similar instances can be avoided. 

"I used to be an independent woman. But now my mobility is severely restricted. I need a wheelchair to move around. My left hand is still unable to move."

Just who can Singaporeans trust in times of need? Perhaps our first world healthcare is very much lacking and far from being first world.