
Migrant Worker (Factory Worker), Former Volleyball School Team Player, Friend of HealthServe
Dhinesh first reached out to HealthServe for assistance when he was unemployed. He visited HealthServe to undergo medical check-ups, and that was when he was diagnosed with hematuria (blood in the urine).
โHealthServe has been really helpful to me, especially with my medical expenses and issues,โ Dhinesh shared.
Dhinesh works in a factory that sharpens and prepares tree blades that trim, cut and remove trees.
A typical work week consists of 8-hour shifts on weekdays and a half-day shift on Saturday. He checks the materials, does chemical washing, and then sharpens and packages the tree blades.
He typically awakes at 7am to eat breakfast and pack his lunch. He enjoys eating home-cooked food because it is healthy and helps him save more money to remit back to his family. While his colleagues head out to buy lunch, Dhinesh catches a few winks instead.
After a long and hectic week, Dhinesh looks forward to having a good rest. Like many of us, he loves nothing more than to sleep in on Sundays and hang out with his friends โ be it window shopping or watching a movie together.
What many of us didnโt know โ was that back in his hometown of Kumbakonam in India, Dhinesh was an avid volleyball player! Volleyball courts were a common sight there and people frequently played it in the evenings after work and school.
When he was in the 10th grade, he even represented his school in volleyball competitions!
Playing volleyball with his childhood friends is not the only thing he misses about India. Living away from home, Dhinesh misses his family and his mumโs fish curry and fried fish the most.
โI like working in Singapore and Iโve made many new friends here, but I do miss my family back home and my mumโs cooking.โ
Dhinesh adds that he appreciates the opportunity to work in Singapore, and especially likes the hygiene level here.
โI also like that Singaporeans dress humbly and have a soft and gentle way of speaking,โ he said with a smile.
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บโs ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.