A man said his five-year-old daughter had part of her left index finger"crushed and amputated" by a hand dryer at the ION Orchard shopping mall.
SINGAPORE — A man is claiming that his five-year-old daughter had part of her left index finger "crushed and amputated" by a hand dryer at the ION Orchard shopping mall. on Friday , Nick Matthew Chia, 35, wrote that his helper had taken his daughter Kara to the washroom on Monday evening after a family dinner. After washing her hands, Kara attempted to use the hand dryer.
"Within 2 seconds of attempting to do just that she had her finger crushed and amputated by a hand dryer that Ion Orchard allowed to continue to be serviceable without a vent covering," said Chia, who added that the bones on her finger were reduced to "nothing but little stones and dusty white powder".
Chia, who works in the automotive industry, said, "I was picking up little pieces of her bones and holding them in my hand hoping to bring them to the hospital in some sliver of hope that it may be salvageable."He further said that when technical crew and management staff came down to tend to the matter, they could not find the right keys to unlock the cabinet housing the hand dryer.
The spokesperson added, "We will continue to stay in touch with her family to render the necessary support."
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