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Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad in hospital for cough after London trip

  • It is the second time the 99-year-old former prime minister has been hospitalised this year

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Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference at his office in Putrajaya, Malaysia on January 22, 2024. Photo: AP
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad is receiving hospital treatment for a cough, his aide has revealed, following a trip to London by the two-time prime minister.
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Mahathir has been warded at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur since Monday and is expected to remain in hospital for a few days.

“He is being treated for cough but I am not able to go beyond that without official medical statement at the moment,” his aide told the media on Thursday in a WhatsApp message.

Mahathir was in London last week, where he had been invited as a keynote speaker at a conference with the city’s top Muslim leaders.

This is the second time that Mahathir, who turned 99 on July 10, has been admitted to hospital this year.

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He was discharged from IJN in mid-March after being warded there for more than two months to treat an unspecified infection.

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