in today's straits times with the same headline, businessman lee khoon bok, 55, who took part in the 100Plus passion run, collapsed and died from a suspected sudden cardiac arrest within 300m from the finishing post near the east coast centre during the 5km run.
2 doctors who were there applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the event's medical staff also used an auomated external defibrillator, a portable electronic device to halt arrhythmia.
mr lee was described to be health conscious , a good runner and had been on a healthy diet and exercised regularly since he had been diagnosed to have high blood pressure from a check-up 2 years ago.
mr lee had also been taking part in several 5km runs over the past 2 years as well as jogging regularly more than 5km on weekends.
because of his hypertension, mr lee also checked his blood pressure levels with a home kit every week.
my comments:
our empathies to the family of the late mr lee.
it is definitely good to be health conscious, be on a regular exercise regime and go on a healthy diet as well as jogging consistently. but all of these even collectively will reap the benefit of lowering the risks from say, heart diseases, heart attack, stroke and so on and so forth.
but in the real world, is there any guarantee of good health?
because everyone is mortal and there is always the certainty of death, at some point of time in the future.
and that's why no one should overlook planning for the worst case scenario against the 3 Ds, premature death, disability and dreaded diseases.
and the added bonus is the peace of mind that comes with doing so because no one knows what tomorrow will bring.
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