In Kwai Ai Lou, Kwai Fong Village, a woman surnamed Chen Rui, who was born in the first year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty, was found unconscious at home this morning (2nd) and died after being sent to the hospital. She was 114 years old.
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" visited the building where Granny Chen lived this afternoon, and saw that the door of her living unit was ajar, and the inside was full of sundries, and there were also cardboard carts and boxes of sundries outside the door, but inside The woman didn't answer the door.
Some neighbors revealed that Granny Chen lives with her daughter and grandson, neighbors occasionally greet her mother-in-law through the iron gate on weekdays, and the mother-in-law also responds and greets her "well-mannered".
Neighbors said that they seldom saw their daughter go out to buy food, but some neighbors gave food from time to time. It is suspected that most of the people in the house ate "餸头餸tail" given by others to satisfy their hunger, but they have not seen it in the past three or four years. Grandma Chen is out.
A 114-year-old woman in Kwai Oi House, Kwai Fong Estate, passed away this morning (2nd). She lived with her daughter and grandson. The house and corridors outside the house were full of paper and debris.
(Photo by Wang Yiyang)
A neighbor living in Kwai Oi Building said that when she moved in about 10 years ago, Granny Chen's family had already lived here. At first, she saw her mother-in-law living with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson, but the son-in-law had moved out a few years ago. Go, the grandson usually goes out early and returns late at work on weekdays.
The neighbor revealed that she had heard from her mother-in-law's daughter that her mother-in-law was about 90 years old, so she was shocked to learn that her mother-in-law was 114 years old today.
When the reporter visited the unit, he saw that the door was ajar and the house was full of sundries, including a large number of clothes and shoe boxes in plastic bags. There were also plastic boxes and cardboard boxes on trolleys in the corridor outside the house. .
Some neighbors said that the mother-in-law's daughter often went out to pick up paper and sundries, which affected the sanitation of the environment and caused the family's relationship with neighbors to deteriorate.
The neighbor also said that she heard Granny Chen being called out by her daughter from time to time on weekdays, but she usually did not respond; whenever district councilors distributed supplies, Granny Chen would be taken by her daughter to pick up the supplies.
Neighbors pointed out that about 3 or 4 years ago, they still saw Granny Chen, whose daughter was pushing a wheelchair, going out, and sometimes went to rest in the park downstairs, but in recent years, she has never seen Granny Chen leave home. Don't take her (mother-in-law) out of the street."
The neighbor also pointed out that she seldom sees Granny Chen's daughters go out to buy food on weekdays, but the neighbors she acquaintances sometimes give them "head and tail". It is estimated that Granny Chen usually eats those foods.
The incident happened at around 8:00 in the morning. Someone in a unit of Kwai Oi Building, Kwai Fong Estate pressed the safety bell to call for help. Rescuers arrived and found a female elder unconscious. She was sent to Yan Chai Hospital for emergency treatment and died. She was born in 1909, the first year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty, at the age of 114.
The incident was initially not suspicious.
A 114-year-old woman from Kwai Fong Village fainted and died in hospital