Where would we be without our frontline workers?
Every day, while we’re in the safety of our homes, complaining about the circuit breaker, doctors and nurses are risking their lives to treat coronavirus patients and help the country get back on its feet.
Last month, residents all over the country came together to sing “Home” to show our love and appreciation for Singapore’s healthcare workers.
Some people show their appreciation in unconventional ways, like this neighbour who cursed and sprayed disinfecting solution at- wait, what?
Nurse’s Neighbour Allegedly Calls His Family ‘Virus’ & Sprays Disinfecting Solution at Them Whenever He Comes Home
A nurse has taken to Instagram to show the abuse he and his family have been facing at the hands of his intolerant neighbour for the last few days.
According to The Online Citizen, the man’s neighbour mocked, cursed, and sprayed disinfecting solution at the nurse and his family every time they come back home.
In the video, the male nurse wrote, “This is how it looks like coming home now. Doubt it will stop as long as we are neighbours and as long as I am working as a nurse.”
The man says that he is a nurse and his wife is working in essential services to “help others”, which is probably why the neighbour is treating them this way.
Believe it or not, the nurse said that they had been good neighbours for the past 6 years but things changed soon after the coronavirus outbreak.
The neighbour now frequently curses them, calling them “obai, kanina, virus, dirty family and virus family”, and sprays them with a Dettol solution.
In one video shared by the nurse, the nurse’s daughter even had to put her hands over her face to block her eyes from the disinfecting solution sprayed by the neighbour.
In the video, the man asks “what happened to the clap for frontliners and the song ‘home’?”
This is the reality frontliners are facing now, he said.
Netizen Reaction
Netizens were as angry and confused as you’d expect them to be. Many were saddened that one of our frontline workers had to go through this kind of harassment on a regular basis.
Some netizens urged the nurse to report the abusive neighbour.
Many made it a point to show the nurse that the majority of Singaporeans still appreciate the work frontline workers do every day.
Made Police Report, But Police Cannot Take Any Action
According to The Online Citizen, the family made a report at the police station after some of the sprayed disinfecting solution got onto the daughter’s face. Fortunately, it did not get into the poor girl’s eyes.
The police cannot take action without a court order, though, so the family was advised to lodge a magistrate’s complaint.
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A Magistrate’s Complaint is filed by a person who wishes to commence Private Prosecution, which is the pursuit of criminal legal proceedings by a private individual, who believes that an offence has been committed against him.
But for the nurse, things are not that simple.
He wonders if filing an official report will actually make things worse instead of solving the problem.
“After the report, my family is still thinking if we should pursue the case cos we will still be neighbours. I am still working as a nurse. Will things change for the better?” asked the male nurse.
Imagine working long shifts at the hospital taking care of Covid-19 patients and coming home to this every day.
Showing appreciation for our frontline workers by clapping or singing for a few minutes means nothing if we actually shun them in real life.
Earlier on in the outbreak, there were reports of nurses being ostracized in public, in coffee shops and on public transport.
Let’s be kind to our frontline workers. If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
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