Compiled by C.ARUNO, RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM AND R. ARAVINTHAN
NINE people from B40 families in Perak were the latest to undergo free cataract surgery thanks to the Perak Community Specialist Hospital (PCSH), Makkal Osai reported.
The operation was paid for by the PCSH Welfare Fund which provides subsidised medical care for patients from underprivileged backgrounds, said PCSH chief executive officer Nicholas Chan.
The not-for-profit community hospital has been caring for Perak residents for 120 years by providing affordable medical care.
> A man in Tamil Nadu, India, who kept messaging a woman on social media was beaten up by her husband, the daily also reported.
Gokulraj, 34, a lorry driver, was sending harassing messages to the woman via Instagram.
Her husband Devaraj warned him, but the latter kept messaging.
Devaraj, along with three of his friends, tracked down Gokulraj and assaulted him.
Gokulraj was seriously injured and admitted to hospital, and Devaraj was arrested after the victim’s father lodged a police report.
