Malaysian toddler, 1½, dies of heatstroke in Kelantan
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PETALING JAYA – A 19-month-old child is believed to have died from heatstroke in Kampung Kota in Kota Baru, Kelantan, northern Malaysia.
Mr Ahmad Faris Fazli Mohd Nasir, the child’s father, said his daughter Nur Imani began coughing a week ago and had been vomiting.
She died at home on Tuesday, Malaysian news media reported.
“The post-mortem showed that the cause of death was heatstroke. Her body was dehydrated, and her lungs had shrunk,” Mr Ahmad Faris was quoted as saying by news broadcaster Astro Awani on Thursday.
Mr Ahmad said his daughter was in critical condition on Monday night. He and his wife took her to a private clinic before she was transferred to a hospital.
“When she was brought to the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, she was weak and cold.
“But the doctor at the emergency ward could only prescribe her medicine and told us to bring her home.
“Initially, we wanted to admit her to the ward because she was already weak,” said Mr Ahmad.
Separately on Tuesday, an 11-year-old boy in Kampung Perupok in Bachok, Kelantan, was reported to have died of heatstroke.
His mother, known as Ms Wanie, said that an autopsy confirmed the cause of the boy’s death as heatstroke.
“The doctor said his kidneys and heart were ‘burnt’. It was empty inside, the water and blood in his body had ‘dried’ up,” she said on Thursday at her house. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
