Dr Noor Hisham not resigning, says Health Ministry, dismissing viral post as fake news


PUTRAJAYA: A blog post claiming that Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has resigned is fake news, says the Health Ministry.

In a Twitter post, the ministry shared a screenshot of the article which claimed that Dr Noor Hisham had stepped down from his post.

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