King admitted to IJN for treatment


File photo of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah during his installation ceremony as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Balairung Seri Istana Negara on July 30,2019

PETALING JAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has been undergoing treatment at the National Heart Institute (IJN) since Monday (Sept 21).

In a statement issued on Tuesday (Sept 22), Istana Negara said the King was admitted to the Royal Ward at IJN after he said he was feeling under the weather.

The Palace also said the King had been advised to be monitored by the doctors at this time but there is no cause of concern or alarm over his condition.

“His Majesty is expected to be discharged from IJN in the nearest time, ” Istana Negara’s Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said in the statement issued on Tuesday (Sept 22).

Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah who was in Kota Baru on Monday on a personal visit has rushed home on Tuesday to be with the King.

The Queen had cancelled the three-day visit that was scheduled to last until Wednesday (Sept 23).

All Malaysians have been urged to pray for the King’s health and immediate recovery.

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