Ipoh railway station is shrouded by haze on Wednesday, 26 August 2015. The picture was taken at 11 am. — Photos: SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star
AS MALAYSIA is once again enveloped in a choking haze this month, health clinics in Perak are seeing an increase of patients coming in with haze-related illnesses.
Based on the statistics from the state Health Department’s monitoring of patients seeking treatment at five clinics in Perak, director Datuk Dr Juita Ghazalie said 1,614 patients came in with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in the first week of October.
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