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Paramedic heroes relive Khoo Teck Puat Hospital shooting
As paramedics, they were used to saving lives - but not in the way that transpired one evening in June 2015. When the two colleagues went to see what the commotion was in a room near Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's Accident and Emergency section, they found themselves in a struggle with a patient who fired three shots from a revolver, two of which hit a policeman who was trying to stop him from escaping. The Sunday Times reveals the drama, as recounted by the two heroes for the first time.
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Paramedics Prakash Krishnan and Elfredo Jose Jr Rellita Abasolo heard things "falling down" from a nearby room, then saw a female nurse running out of it, screaming: "Help! Call security!"
Peering in, they saw a shirtless medical patient wearing leg restraints scuffling with a policeman on the floor.
