Monday, July 11, 2005
grin and bear it
54 treated in hospital after inhaling leaked chlorine gas at SAFRA club
SINGAPORE : 28 people were sent to hospital with breathing difficulties after gas leaked from a plant room in SAFRA's Mount Faber Clubhouse.
The Health Ministry says 26 others sought treatment from the hospitals on their own.
A total of 14 were admitted, 25 under observation and 15 were discharged.
Some 500 people, including both staff and guests, were evacuated when the leak was detected at about 11am on Saturday
Fumes drifted out from the plant room to the rest of the clubhouse.
A contractor had mistakenly mixed Sodium Hydrochloride, or liquid chlorine, with hypochloric acid, causing a chemical reaction-CNA The newspaper wrote it as a really horrible thing to have happened, but they ought to have looked on the brighter side that the chemical reaction was noticeable. If it wasn't (assuming other chemicals got mixed up instead), what worse things could have happened? Of course it's unfortunate, but well life's like that. grin and bear it.
Unknown at 3:54 pm