Calm before the storm? HTAR frontliners take stock of pandemic toll


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Blinking back her tears, forensic pathologist Dr Nur Ayutimasery Abdullah described the unrelenting pressure she and her staff felt dealing with the fourth wave of Covid-19 at her hospital in Klang.

The wave, which began in June this year, has been deadly and as head of the Forensic Medicine Department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR), Dr Nur Ayutimasery has had to deal with an influx of bodies and other issues associated with them within a short space of time.

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