TELUK INTAN: Six more Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) members involved in the road crash here last Tuesday (May 13) are still undergoing treatment, while another was discharged on Friday (May 16).
Perak Health Director Dr. Feisul Idzwan Mustapha said that of the six, five of them are being treated at Teluk Intan Hospital (HTI) and the other at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB), Ipoh.
"Of the five patients currently receiving treatment at HTI, four of them are in the ICU while the other is in the Surgical Ward, and his condition is improving and may be discharged soon," he said at HTI on Saturday (May 17).
Earlier, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, met the family members of the FRU personnel at the hospital.
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Meanwhile, Feisul said the FRU personnel in the ICU of HRPB were beginning to regain consciousness and were showing good progress, despite suffering serious injuries.
As for the patients at HTI, he said those in the ICU are showing good progress, with one of them requiring close observation.
In the incident at 8.50am on Tuesday, nine FRU members were killed, while nine others were injured after the truck they were in was involved in an accident with a gravel-laden lorry on Jalan Chikus-Sungai Lampam, Teluk Intan, while on the way back to the base in Sungai Senam here. – Bernama
