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New Paper
18-07-2025
- Health
- New Paper
Toddler gets 12 stitches on tongue after fall at preschool; mother claims school downplayed injury
A one-year-old girl had to undergo surgery and receive 12 stitches on her tongue after a fall at her preschool - an incident her mother claims was downplayed by the school. The child, Lisa, was enrolled at Little Footprints Preschool's branch in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5. According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident occurred on July 3. Her mother, Ms Renny Izzatie, a 35-year-old tutor, said she was notified by a teacher around 12.43pm that Lisa had fallen while playing alone and had bitten her tongue. "The teacher said the bleeding had stopped, and my daughter had stopped crying, so I assumed the injury was minor," Ms Renny said. No further details were given, and Lisa was even allowed to continue napping. When Ms Renny arrived to pick her up around 2pm, the teacher apologised, and Lisa appeared calm. It was only during the car ride home that she inspected her daughter's mouth and discovered a deep gash on her tongue. When she asked the school for more details, she was told Lisa had fallen on her bottom, reported Shin Min. She requested to view CCTV footage, but the school said it would review the footage internally and update her on its findings. "The so-called 'minor injury' turned out to be very serious," said Ms Renny, adding that Lisa had been crying intermittently. "She would point to her tongue and say: 'Mama, pain'. She would drool, and there was blood in her saliva." Lisa was taken to KK Women's and Children's Hospital later that day, where she underwent a minor operation under general anaesthesia and received 12 stitches. "Seeing her small body on the table just broke me," said Ms Renny in her Instagram stories. Lisa was discharged the next day and is recovering at home. However, Ms Renny said she remains unsure if there will be any long-term effects on her daughter's speech, or the movement and sensation of her tongue. She stressed in her stories that she does not blame the school for the fall itself, acknowledging that accidents can happen. But she was upset about how the incident was handled and has since filed a police report. "They're not medical professionals, so it's not up to them (to decide) what's serious and what's not," she added. What made her more angry was "the fact that they downplayed the whole situation about the fall. They didn't even mention how big or deep the cut was," she said in her story. Ms Renny later said the school had submitted the CCTV footage to the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), but she was not allowed to view it. In response to queries from Shin Min, the police confirmed that a report was filed and investigations are ongoing. Preschool operator cooperating with ECDA ECDA has launched an investigation into the incident. A spokesman said: "The safety of our children is paramount, and if the investigation reveals any irregularities, appropriate action will be taken against the school or staff." The preschool's parent company, Babilou Family Singapore, said it is cooperating with ECDA but declined to provide further comment. A spokesperson said the school had reached out to the family to offer assistance, and expressed relief that the child was recovering. Mother transfers child to another school Still shaken by the incident, Shin Min said Ms Renny decided to withdraw Lisa from the preschool and enrol her elsewhere. "The school neither informed me of the full extent of her injury nor sent her to the hospital. They clearly did not take it seriously," she said. She added that she had already notified the school of her decision via email.
New York Times
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘A Desert' Review: Motel Hell
Alex (Kai Lennox), the hero of Joshua Erkman's languid, atmospheric neo-noir 'A Desert,' is a photographer past his prime. His first book, a collection of landscapes channeling the desuetude of small-town America, put him on the map 20 years ago, and now he's cruising the highways and byways of the Yucca Valley in California, chasing his former glory. It's in the nature of stories like this to offer its hero the reprieve of a disruption, and it arrives, violently, in the form of Renny (Zachary Ray Sherman), a lanky, keyed-up stranger Alex befriends at a roadside motel. Renny is clearly bad news, and for about 40 minutes, it seems obvious where 'A Desert' is going. But Ekrman's screenplay is slyly intelligent, and in the second act the film takes a sharp turn that is genuinely shocking. Erkman's use of stark lighting — high beams cutting through the desert night — evokes 'Lost Highway,' and there's some 'Mulholland Drive' in the underworld theatrics detailed on the story's periphery. Lynch is a difficult influence to wield responsibly, yet Erkman keeps it largely under control: 'A Desert,' if at times too ambitious, certainly feels distinct. It's a strange film, but it works, and feels grounded, because of its ensemble cast. Both Lennox and Sarah Lind, as Alex's wife, Sam, are serious and convincing, and the musician David Yow, as an oddball private detective following in Alex's wake, gives the movie some idiosyncratic flair. But the highlight is Sherman, whose menacing Renny is truly creepy and, when he really goes berserk, electrifying.
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Aussie reveals annoying workplace habit that needs to change now: 'I'm living off scraps'
A young worker has vented her frustration at getting paid fortnightly, claiming she runs out of money by the second week and is forced to live off 'scraps'. The woman, who goes by the name Renny, complained the current payment set-up at work was not working in her favour. 'Getting paid fortnightly needs to be genuinely banned because one week I am so rich. I am so rich,' she said in a TikTok video on Wednesday. 'The next week, (I'm) living off genuine scraps.' Renny advocated to be paid weekly to help her budget. Her rant appeared to fall on fear ears with many social media users argued she was getting paid more frequently than others. 'Girl, wait until you get paid monthly,' one wrote. 'Fortnightly is a luxury in comparison to monthly,' another said. 'As someone who gets paid monthly, I envy you,' a third said. Others said Renny needed to budget her savings better. 'Just budget? It's really not that difficult. I love getting paid fortnightly,' one person wrote. 'You need to get it put into a separate account then have an automatic transfer set up to pay yourself weekly. Believe me this is a life saver,' another said. 'Tell me you can't save without telling me you can't save,' one added. Some agreed with the young worker saying they burned through their money straight away. 'I'm rich on Thursday to Saturday. Then I'm living off five cent pieces until my next pay,' one wrote. 'I get paid on Wednesdays. I'm rich from Wednesday-Sunday then Monday - the next Wednesday I'm living off PENNIES,' a second added. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 52 per of Aussies got paid fortnightly in 2022 compared to 33 per cent who were paid weekly and 12 per cent who got paid monthly. About three per cent were even paid quarterly. Monthly pay is on the rise due to its administrative ease. Weekly pay does provide the least cash-flow issues for employees covering their expenses.
