Hot zone: The Paya Nahu flats in Sungai Petani, Kedah, where seven children of a family were admitted to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital for suspected diphtheria.
PETALING JAYA: A child’s death from diphtheria can be heartbreaking, both for the parents and also those who are treating the children, says a paediatrician
“I remember going through two diphtheria epidemics in different parts of the country where we lost many children; children coming to us choking due to the membrane that diphtheria causes in the throat and our futile struggle to save them,” said senior consultant paediatrician Datuk Dr Amar-Singh HSS.
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