{"id":881992,"date":"2025-12-31T01:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/elderly-man-gets-head-trapped-between-pipes-in-aljunied-flat-toilet-rescued-18-hours-later-singapore-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:25:51","slug":"elderly-man-gets-head-trapped-between-pipes-in-aljunied-flat-toilet-rescued-18-hours-later-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/elderly-man-gets-head-trapped-between-pipes-in-aljunied-flat-toilet-rescued-18-hours-later-singapore-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man gets head trapped between pipes in Aljunied flat toilet, rescued 18 hours later, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An elderly man was rescued from the toilet of his Aljunied flat after a fall left his head trapped between two pipes for 18 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The incident occurred last Thursday (Nov 27) at about 10pm, according to Shin Min Daily News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 87-year-old man, surnamed Wu, lived alone in his flat at Block 96 Aljunied Crescent. According to Shin Min, Wu usually moves around in a wheelchair but is able to care for himself independently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wu’s head had ended up wedged between the toilet pipes during the fall, leaving him immobile. He also did not have the strength to push himself back up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was only rescued the following afternoon, after his friend, surnamed Li, sensed that something was amiss as Wu did not pick up his calls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two former neighbours share a close friendship, with Li visiting the latter two to three times a week. Li also kept a copy of of Wu’s house keys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Li discovered Wu lying helpless in the toilet after arriving at the flat at about 3.40pm on Nov 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wu’s right ear was bleeding and he was in a semi-conscious state, said Li, who managed to release Wu’s head from between the pipes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photos seen by Shin Min showed traces of blood on the toilet pipes where Wu’s head was stuck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wu was taken to hospital by ambulance where he is currently receiving treatment, reported the Chinese evening daily on Dec 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirmed the incident in a statement to AsiaOne on Dec 3. It stated that SCDF had received a call for assistance on Nov 28 at about 3.50pm, and one person was conveyed to Changi General Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An elderly man was rescued from the toilet of his Aljunied flat after a fall left his head trapped between two pipes for 18 hours.\u00a0 The incident occurred last Thursday (Nov 27) at about 10pm, according to Shin Min Daily News.\u00a0 The 87-year-old man, surnamed Wu, lived alone in his flat at Block 96 Aljunied<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":881993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34257,30973],"tags":[15448,13366],"class_list":{"0":"post-881992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-elderly","8":"category-trapped","9":"tag-elderly","10":"tag-trapped"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}