Boy passed out after vaccination due to lack of sleep, not having proper breakfast, says Melaka Health Dept


MELAKA: Lack of sleep and consuming only a tablespoon of nasi lemak is found to the cause of a 12-year-old boy to suddenly pass out after getting vaccinated on Thursday morning (Sept 30), says the state Health Department.

Its deputy director Dr Rusdi Abd Rahmad said the male pupil of a primary school here had not eaten a proper breakfast before he turned up at the walk-in vaccination centre (PPV) in Klebang here with his parents.

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