Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Two questions here:
1. If Uthaya is being treated at Teluk Intan hospital, why wasn’t it announced earlier before the gathering to do mass police report?
2. Is the treatment suitable and sufficient, with independent observers being present? I think to avoid any misconception and unnecessary anger of the community against the government, there should be some independent verification.
Perhaps Dr S Subra should follow up on Syed Hamid’s information to verify if indeed Uthaya is being given appropriate treatment for his complications.
Internal Security Act detainee P. Uthayakumar is being treated for his illness at a government hospital, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said yesterday.
He was speaking after receiving RM170,000 from donors for the purchase of a building that will house an education centre under the administration of the Malacca Indians Development Association.
“It is the right of each and every Malaysian to be treated at the government hospital and in Uthayakumar’s case, I was informed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar that he has been receiving treatment at the Teluk Intan Hospital,” he said.
Dr Subramaniam said he hoped that the government would make arrangements should Uthayakumar need specialist treatment for his diabetes-afflicted foot.
He was commenting on Uthayakumar’s supporters lodging police reports over alleged improper medical treatment for his diabetic complications and the use of water cannon to disperse about 200 of them near the Brickfields police station on Saturday.
Dr Subramaniam said: “I just want the public to be aware that the government is giving medical treatment to Uthayakumar. If the need arises, I hope that the government will grant him permission to seek treatment at a specialist centre.”
