Infirm ex-national cager completes both doses


Easy does it: A medical officer giving Wee his second vaccine dose on board an ambulance in Kota Baru. — Bernama

KOTA BARU: Former national basketball player Wee Cheong Phor, who is infirm, had to be carried by firefighters to board an ambulance to the vaccination centre to complete his Covid-19 vaccination.

As soon as he arrived at the Kompleks Balai Islam in Lundang, Wee, 79, who has been struggling with some medical issues in the past six years, received his second vaccination shot from Kota Baru Medical Centre health personnel in the ambulance itself.

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