Compiled by C. ARUNO and BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
A YOUNG man confronted death four times after his heart stopped while receiving treatment for a spinal cord injury, reported Harian Metro.
Ibrahim Othman, 33, has been bedridden since a 2020 road accident in which a car rear-ended the motorcycle he and a friend were riding.
The accident left him paralysed and wheelchair-bound.
Ibrahim, a former national taekwondo athlete who competed in an open championship in South Korea, recounted his ordeal.
“After the incident, I was semi- conscious and spent more than three months in the intensive care unit (ICU). Then I was allowed to go home, but just three days later, I was readmitted to the hospital for a month.
“I was in the ICU for two weeks and my heart had stopped beating four times,” the once athletic young man said.
Despite these setbacks, Ibrahim hasn’t given up.
He has pursued various treatments, both modern and traditional, including acupuncture, cupping therapy, Islamic medical treatment, and physiotherapy.
He expressed gratitude for the support he receives from his parents, Haseena Mohamed Sultan, 53, and Othman Ibrahim, 62, who care for him and give him strength.
“I am also grateful for the encouragement I’ve received from my followers and the TikTok community since I started live streaming about two months ago,” he added.
> Actress Mimi Lana has asked her husband, actor Syafiq Kyle’s female fans not to be distressed by their recent private wedding, which went viral, reported Kosmo!.
Mimi Lana, whose full name is Mimi Rozaiana Zainal Abidin, 30, acknowledged the 33-year-old Syafiq’s popularity among female fans because of his good looks. Seeking to reassure them, she suggested they “chase” her brother-in-law instead.
“Don’t be heartbroken, there’s another one like Syafiq Kyle, which is Syazwan Razak.
“Syafiq is already mine,” she said during a TikTok live stream.
This comes after broken heart emojis bombarded the comment section of the celebrity couple’s social media posts of their wedding across various platforms.
Syafiq and Mimi Lana were married on Valentine’s Day, Feb 14.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
