Health Ministry still investigating food poisoning deaths of student and child in Gombak


PEKAN: The incident involving a Form Five student and a two-year-old girl who died due to food poisoning on Monday is still being investigated by the Health Ministry.

"The case will be addressed by the Division of Public Health, and the headquarters will issue a statement. For now, it is still under investigation," said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni (pic) at a press conference after a working visit to the district health office (PKD) in Pekan, Pahang, on Tuesday (June 11).

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