Pasir Gudang chemical pollution: 73 patients discharged, 22 new cases


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019

PASIR GUDANG: A total of 73 patients have been discharged from Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) and Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) following the March 7 chemical dumping incident in Sungai Kim Kim here.

State Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Dr Sahruddin Jamal said as of midnight on Tuesday (March 19), the state Health Department had also recorded 22 new patients receiving treatment at hospitals while two patients were still being treated at intensive care units (ICU).

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