SINGAPORE - A full-time national serviceman (NSF) who died of heatstroke in April 2018 was only evacuated to a medical centre about 40 mins after he was seen to be suffering from signs of heat injury, investigations revealed.

The delay in the evacuation was a contributing factor in Corporal First Class (CFC) Dave Lee Han Xuan's death, the state coroner heard on Wednesday (Jan 13) in an inquiry into the NSF's death.