PETALING JAYA: Government hospitals are running out of beds at intensive care units (ICU) to treat Covid-19 patients due to the high number of people falling critically ill because of the disease, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
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Medical workers collect swab samples from people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia on Jan 25, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Lim Huey Teng)
The scene at the mushroom cultivation centre following the gas explosion.
JOHOR BARU: A 52-year-old businessman died from a gas explosion while trying to boil water to steam his mushrooms in Ulu Tiram here.
Seri Alam acting OCPD Deputy Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the victim, Ong Kim Hin, who owns a mushroom cultivation centre at a mall, was with an employee when the incident took place at around 11.40am on Tuesday (Dec 15).
“They had been installing gas cylinders in a steam generator and when Ong turned on the knob, the gas cylinder in front of him exploded.
“The impact threw him to the ground and he sustained severe injuries to the face and head.