SINGAPORE - Ms Logampikai Sadacharam, 63, a volunteer coordinator at Brahm Centre's community befriending programme, visited Madam K almost 20 times within a month.
But each time, Madam K, 72, who lives alone in a cluttered flat, would tell her to go away, insisting she did not need help.
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