It was not long before David, a young steward of ours was diagnosed with Leukemia, a blood disorder.He was warded at our local hospital.
David,after all the treatment he received,knew his chances of surviving was almost zero.
He had lost a tremendous amount of weight and was on the verge of dying.He was given less than 3 months to live. David did not have enough savings to finance his trip to Sydney's St. Vincent Hospital where he had the confidence he would be cured.
On hearing David's plight, SIA cabin crew,collectively donated almost $70,000 to finance his medical bill at St. Vincent.
In less than a year, David recovered from the dreaded diesease and was back at work.
Thanks to the crew,David is still alive today. All his "batch" Leukemia patients at the local hospital did not make it. I understand there was at least 6 of them.
The above episode happened about 12 years ago (I may not be accurate with the years). Our hospitals at that time do not have the technology and medical skills but today it is as good as St. Vincent, so I was told.
Do you know that our cabin crew donate a considerable amount of money to charities every year for the last umpteen years?
Do you know that our crew also spend hundreds of man hours to organise events to help the less fortunate every year?
In all my years with SIA,I have never seen or heard of anyone who asked for assistance,whether it was financial or the crews' time, were turned away.
Our cabin crew has a big heart,always magnanimous and kind to the poor and less fortunate fellow beings.
If you ask me why is our cabin crew such a bunch of compassionate people, I can only think of one possible answer and that is .. ................... (trade secret lah,cannot divulge or else my ex-employer will hantam me again lor...hehee)
2 comments:
I've come across such a person and spoke to him at length.
I know there are kind and compassionate ppl around, but to talk to them about it made me sit up for a while.
Tiong,
What do u mean by "made me sit up for a while?"
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