SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES TRAINING CASUALTIES
Parliament of Singapore · 10 November 2003
Official Report, 10 November 2003, Vol 76, Issue 23 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES TRAINING CASUALTIES
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Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of yearly statistics, from the inception of the Singapore Armed Forces to date,
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on (i) the number of training deaths per year; (ii) the number of injuries that resulted in loss and/or impairment of functions of bodily parts; and (iii) the number of servicemen who were hospitalised for more than three days per year due to training accidents.
RAdm Teo Chee Hean: MINDEF has compiled the figures for number of injuries, and deaths due to training for the last 10 years. Over the past 10 years, an average of 3.7 deaths each year is attributable to training. Between 1994 and 1998, there were 21 deaths attributable to training. There were 16 deaths between 1999 and October 2003. Between 1994 and October 2003, there were 3,703 cases of injuries from all causes. This figure includes injuries not caused by training. For 2003, there were 256 injury cases of which 196 were training related. MINDEF's database captures data on hospitalisation since 2000. Based on our records for the past 4 years, an average of 8.6 servicemen were hospitalised each month due to medical conditions attributable to training. The available data does not differentiate between hospitalisation for periods of less than as compared to more than 3 days.
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 10 November 2003. Republished on SGParliament.