A blooming jellyfish concern

DURING a meeting with medical assistants from Hospital Langkawi recently, I brought up the subject of jellyfish sting incidents which seem to be on the increase in the past few months. They told me the number of patients seeking medical attention at the hospital for jellyfish stings at Cenang Beach has been increasing annually.

One of the doctors who has been working in the hospital for one and a half years related a recent case where one patient had to have a limb amputated due to severe infection caused by jellyfish stings.