Mr Dang Hook Daik used to enjoy venturing out of the house. He would take the train to Chinatown and Jurong to visit his friends thrice a week or head to Bukit Batok for physiotherapy weekly.
But he was stricken with Parkinson's disease four years ago and fell five times in the last two years because the tremors that came with the disease made it hard for him to walk properly.
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