Frontliner did not die of Covid-19, exhaustion but underlying illness, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: The death of a government doctor who died while on duty was not due to Covid-19 or exhaustion but to an underlying illness, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

The Health director-general said Dr Ali Noor Hassan had died on Monday (Jan 18) night.

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