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Free Malaysia Today
12-05-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
Melaka health dept to probe claim baby left untreated for 11 hours
Executive councillor Ngwe Hee Sem said he has directed the Melaka health department to investigate the case which happened at the Melaka Hospital on Saturday. PETALING JAYA : The Melaka health department has been ordered to investigate a claim a 22-month-old girl was left untreated for 11 hours at the Melaka Hospital, despite suffering from high fever and eventually a 'seizure'. State executive councillor for health Ngwe Hee Sem said he is aware of the case and has called for an immediate and thorough investigation, Bernama reported. 'I have contacted the Melaka health director (Dr Ruzita Mustaffa) as well as the top management of Melaka Hospital and asked them to investigate the case. 'At the same time, I urge the public not to make assumptions until the matter is resolved,' he was quoted as saying. A 13-minute video showing the child crying in pain went viral on social media, prompting outrage and calls for accountability. In a Facebook post, the baby's mother, Siti Aishah Rahim, 27, said she and her mother rushed the child, Siti Farha Adelia Mohd Firdaus, to the hospital's emergency and trauma department at 2.30pm on Saturday after she developed a high fever. Siti Aishah claimed that the hospital staff only took a blood sample before asking them to wait. The child's temperature reportedly rose to 40°C and she was left untreated until she suffered a seizure at about 1am the next day, it was claimed. 'I kept asking questions, but we were told to wait, until my baby started having a seizure at 1am and her body went stiff,' she said. The child was later moved from the green zone to the yellow zone as her condition deteriorated, and doctors eventually stabilised her.
Malay Mail
12-05-2025
- Health
- Malay Mail
Melaka Hospital under probe after baby with 40°C fever reportedly left untreated for 11 hours before seizure
MELAKA, May 12 — The Melaka State Health Department has been instructed to investigate claims that a 22-month-old baby girl suffering from a high fever was left in pain for 11 hours before experiencing a seizure at Melaka Hospital early yesterday morning. Bernama reported State Executive Councillor for Health, Human Resources and Unity, Datuk Ngwe Hee Sem, saying he is aware of the viral case and has called for an immediate and thorough investigation. 'I have contacted the Melaka Health Director (Dr Ruzita Mustaffa) as well as the top management of Melaka Hospital and asked them to conduct an investigation into this case. At the same time, I urge the public not to make assumptions until the investigation is complete,' he said when contacted today. Earlier, a 13-minute video went viral showing the baby crying in pain, prompting emotional reactions from social media users and calls for the incident to be investigated. The baby's mother, Siti Aishah Rahim, 27, wrote on Facebook that she and her mother arrived at the Emergency and Trauma Department of Melaka Hospital at 2.30pm on Saturday after her eldest child, Siti Farha Adelia Mohd Firdaus, suddenly developed a high fever. She claimed that upon arrival, a nurse only took a blood sample and then left them waiting as her daughter's temperature rose to 40 degrees Celsius. 'I kept asking but was told to continue waiting, until my baby suffered a seizure at 1am yesterday (Sunday), which caused her body to stiffen,' she said, adding that her daughter was then transferred from the Green Zone to the Yellow Zone after her condition worsened, before doctors attempted to stabilise her.
