GUA MUSANG: The Ministry of Health, along with other relevant agencies, will try to locate the graves of 12 Orang Asli from the Batek tribe who were s...
The Ministry of Health, along with other relevant agencies, will try to locate the graves of 12 Orang Asli from the Batek tribe who were said to have died of pneumonia in Kampung Kuala Koh here over the past month.said the move was vital to enable the bodies to be exhumed for post mortem to ascertain the actual cause of their deaths and whether their diseases had indeed infected others in the village.
He said the ministry had been facing difficulties locating the graves as they were said to be buried in the jungle. A total of 50 Orang Asli from the Batek tribe were still receiving treatment at three hospital in the state, 37 or whom at the Gua Musang Hospital, 12 at Kuala Krai Hospital and one at the intensive care unit of the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital in Kota Baru.
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