Person taken to hospital after injuring leg in Clementi Forest; carried on stretcher for 2km

SINGAPORE — Four firefighters and some paramedics had to carry a person on a stretcher for about 2km through Clementi Forest on Monday (Aug 9) before taking the casualty, who had suffered a leg injury, to hospital.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), who received a call for assistance at about 6pm, did not provide details of the person’s age or gender, the nature of the leg injury or what the person was doing in the forest.

This came days after a group of women got lost in the popular hiking spot and had to call the police for help.

In response to queries from TODAY on the latest incident, SCDF said: "Four firefighters from Bukit Batok Fire Station and an ambulance crew had to trek into the forested area for about 900m and found the subject who had sustained a leg injury.

“The firefighters then carried the casualty out of the forested area on a stretcher for about 2km.”

A second SCDF ambulance picked up the casualty at King Albert Park and took the person to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

Last Tuesday, three women aged 35 to 47 got lost in the 85ha secondary forest.

The police told TODAY then that they had received a call for assistance at around 7.40pm on Aug 3.

The three women were later located by the police and brought to safety at about 8.55pm. No injuries were reported.

The National Parks Board (NParks) said last month that it will be building two trails that run through the area.

There are no dedicated paths within Clementi Forest, leading some hikers to forge their own and inadvertently destroying seedlings and plants that are important for the forest.

NParks said that the two new trails, which would be ready from 2023 and 2024, will help minimise impact to biodiversity.