Russia hostel fire victim dies


Rajesh Kumar's family with a photo of him at their home in Kota Baru.

KOTA BARU: Another Kelantan-born final year medical student who was warded following the April 22 fire in a Russian National Medical Studies University dorm has died.

Rajesh Kumar, 25, died of lung and heart complications on Saturday – 46 days after being admitted to the Sklifosovskogo hospital in Moscow.

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