Imaret medical volunteers offers treatment to Rohingya refugees in Perlis
06 March 2019
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia Response and Relief Team has dispatched a team of medical volunteers to the Home Ministry’s complex in Kangar, to provide medical treatment to Rohingya refugees yesterday. He was also accompanied by Imaret executive council member Dr S. Jayaseelan, Emergency Medical Specialist Dr Sumaiyah Syed Ibrahim, Pharmacy Officer Zakuan Kamil Khazali and a Rohingya interpreter.
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