...sadly, she paid with her life. My deepest condolence to her family.
Amid the many reports about the disastrous landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa, almost exactly 15 years after the infamous collapse of Highland Towers, the following report of The Star attracted my attention:
Veterinarian with a heart of gold
(excerpts):
She died trying to save her children.
The 40-year-old had used her body to shield Avinesh Raj, 11, and Priyankka, three, but a beam fell on her back, fracturing her ribs and causing massive internal bleeding.
Independent animal rescuer and founding director of animal sanctuary Furry Friends Farm Sabrina Yeap said she had lost a good friend and supporter.
“Dr Yoges helped me a lot by charging only a nominal fee to vaccinate, neuter and treat rescued cats and dogs.
“She also did not take any money when boarding rescued dogs and cats at her clinic,” said Yeap tearfully.
According to Yeap, Dr Yogeswari was such a likeable person that it was very easy to warm up to her.
She said this was evident when workers from a coffee shop where the veterinarian had her meals rushed to her home when the landslide occurred.
She was born a Chinese and was adopted by an Indian family at a young age.
She traced her biological family through an advertisement in the newspapers not long ago and had kept in touch with them.
Her adoptive parents died some time back.
In another case, a man was destined to be alive, when his house was buried because he decided to spend the night with mummy! So, having mum at heart can be a good thing.
One resident was lucky to escape the brush with death.
The principal private secretary of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, Datuk Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab, said he did not return home yesterday as planned but decided to spend the night at his mother’s home.
His bungalow was among the 14 buried under the massive rubble.
‘I thank God that I’m safe. Maybe it was God’s will,’ he told Bernama.
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