Number of Sg Kim Kim victims in hospitals down
A girl being treated for inhaling toxic fumes putting on a mask at the medical base in Stadium Perbandaran Pasir Gudang in Johor yesterday. The number of people being treated for inhaling toxic fumes in Pasir Gudang has fallen. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 16, 2019.
THE number of patients being treated for inhaling toxic fumes from Sg Kim Kim in Johor hospitals has dropped, said state executive councillor Sahruddin Jamal. Sahruddin, who holds the environment and agriculture portfolios, said 185 victims who were treated at Hospital Sultanah Aminah and Hospital Sultan Ismail have been discharged.
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