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SINGAPORE : The coroner's inquiry into the death of a golfer at the Tanah Merah Country Club began on Tuesday, with testimony centered around the use of a life-saving device.
Senior Staff Sergeant Andrew Ng Yong Kiang testified that witnesses had said that staff did not use a heart-shocking defibrillator on 57-year-old Soh Lye Huat after he was struck by lightning on October 25 last year.
He told State Coroner Kessler Soh that this was what he had gathered during the investigations into the circumstances surrounding the golfer's death.
He said witnesses had told him that country club employees brought along a first-aid kit and an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) when they attended to Mr Soh.
But he was unable to ascertain why the AED was not used on the golfer who was still alive at that time.
He said the golf manager of the country club, 55-year old Michael Ng Hoi Kah, did not give an explanation as to why the device was not used.
Wendell Wong, who represents Mr Soh's family, told MediaCorp after the inquiry that the family wanted to know what could have been done that day to save him.
"We have come to understand that there were certain medical equipment on site and we (are) certainly looking into this issue. And at the appropriate stage, we would have to find out what happened as to the usage or non-usage of the equipment," Mr Wong said.
Mr Soh succumbed to multiple-organ failure on November 4 last year.
He died 10 days after he was struck by lightning while playing golf with three others at the country club off Changi Coast Road.
The garment company owner is survived by his wife, 51-year-old Tan Lee Hwa, and two children.
The coroner's inquiry has been adjourned. - CNA/ms
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