Penang back as a magnet for healthcare travellers

By LO TERN CHERN

Medical advice: Penang Adventist Hospital consultant orthopedic surgeon Dr Ho Shu Chien attending to a patient. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The heart of a man from Medan was functioning at only 15% by the time he could fly to Penang after travel restrictions caused by Covid-19 were lifted.

He also suffered multiple heart attacks back home during the Malaysia’s movement control order (MCO).

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