Wednesday September 8, 2010

Mum blames hospital for causing son’s death

Compiled by A. Raman

A housewife is claiming that her son died due to lack of medical attention, Tamil Nesan reported.

S. Amithravalli from Taman Tun Aminah, Skudai alleged that her son S. Anand, 30, was admitted at the the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Pandan Mount Astin after he was involved in an accident on Sunday.

She said the doctors didn’t give her a proper explanation on her son’s situation and her requests to transfer him to another hospital was denied. Anand died in the hospital.

> Malaysia Nanban reported that an Indian national working for AirAsia died of shock after her arm got stuck in an airport aerobridge on Sunday morning.

The 24-year-old victim who was a guest service officer with the low-cost carrier, collapsed immediately and was rushed to the nearby hospital but died a few minutes later.

> Makkal Osai reported that South Indian actress Meera Jasmine is having a romantic relationship with musician “Mandolin” U. Rajesh.

> Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with >, it denotes a separate news item.

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