Ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir in hospital

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Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 88, was admitted to hospital on Monday with a chest infection, his office said.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 88, was admitted to hospital on Monday with a chest infection, his office said.


"The medical team is closely monitoring his condition and is satisfied with his progress," the official Bernama news agency said, citing a statement from Mahathir's Perdana Leadership Foundation research institute.


Mahathir, however, is expected to remain in the National Heart Institute for the next few days. He is receiving treatment and physiotherapy.


Mahathir was the country's fourth and longest-serving prime minister, in office from 1981 to 2003. He remains an influential figure in Malaysian politics.


In 2010, he was admitted to a Melbourne hospital for a similar chest infection while visiting the Australian city to address a seminar.


Mahathir has undergone two coronary bypass surgeries, in 1989 and 2007.


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[tioliaohuat]

old horse liao.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Last leaf still hanging on the tree. Maybe Dr Mad wants to outdo his old foe for the last hurrah.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Won't die want lah. He die die want to wait for Old Fart to go first.

Yes I sarpork mat hatter to outlive old fart

 

[HTOLAS]

No style. In Singapore we bring the hospital to the Istana.

 

[halsey02]

No style. In Singapore we bring the hospital to the Istana.

A Jumbo Jet fitted with a hospital & staff to.....wherever, this is style!!

 

[halsey02]

Last leaf still hanging on the tree. Maybe Dr Mad wants to outdo his old foe for the last hurrah.

Both of them, will be having a wheel chair derby soon...bets are on..who will cross the finishing line??

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Wow. More atas than Air force 1., who says pappies dont have private plane? The whole SIA is at their disposal.

A Jumbo Jet fitted with a hospital & staff to.....wherever, this is style!!

 

[songsongjurong]

Harto is calling out louder and louder by the day...