25 January 2012. Third day of Chinese New Year. Water dragon year. 7.30pm. Popo left us. The doctor had been trying for 40 minutes but they could not get a BP. We were finally allowed into the emergency room. As I approached her lifeless body, my mind went blank. I couldn't speak. All I could do was cry. In between, I managed to call out once to her. I touched her right hand. I wanted to try to hold her. I thought she was going to wake up when she heard us. But she gave no reaction. In about 1 minute, we were taken aside by the hospital staff. He told us we needed to report this incident to the police station if we want to prevent a post-mortem. We were ushered out of the room as they wanted to put her into a bag. We decided that cousin and I will accompany mom to make the report. We were told to try the Kajang police station which was about 5 minutes away. The staff assured us that they will keep her body in the waiting room till 9pm.
We rushed to the police station only to be told that the issuance of the permit mengubur can't be made from this branch. We needed to go back to Batu 9 where she lived. It was already 8.05pm. We dashed back to Batu 9 to make the report. By the time we got back to the hospital, it was 10 minutes to 9pm. I knew we made it. But when I got to the waiting room, my family and popo were gone. When I found sis, I was told that they moved her already but she knew where her body is. We drove into the mortuary. It was dark and we were lost. Finally, we asked the security only to be told that we had to go back to the hospital to enquire. I was very disappointed when I found out that the staff had already gone home. We had to wait till the next day to bring her home.
Every time I think back to that day, I will wonder what I could have done differently to ease her pain.
We rushed to the police station only to be told that the issuance of the permit mengubur can't be made from this branch. We needed to go back to Batu 9 where she lived. It was already 8.05pm. We dashed back to Batu 9 to make the report. By the time we got back to the hospital, it was 10 minutes to 9pm. I knew we made it. But when I got to the waiting room, my family and popo were gone. When I found sis, I was told that they moved her already but she knew where her body is. We drove into the mortuary. It was dark and we were lost. Finally, we asked the security only to be told that we had to go back to the hospital to enquire. I was very disappointed when I found out that the staff had already gone home. We had to wait till the next day to bring her home.
Every time I think back to that day, I will wonder what I could have done differently to ease her pain.
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