Liow: Najib is fine but may be warded up to 7 or 8 days

Liow - HKL will provide the best services for Najib

KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is in fine condition after undergoing further examination for a minor ulcer and gastritis at the VIP ward of Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) here.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the HKL would provide the best service to Najib throughout the treatment.

“The prime minister’s ailment could probably be due to the chicken pox that he was suffering from for the past few days.

“I don’t know how long he would be warded because chicken pox takes quite a long time to recover from, that is up to seven or eight days,” he told reporters at the hospital today.

Liow spent about 50 minutes at the prime minister’s ward before leaving at 11.45am together with the director-general of Health, Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, and Kuala Lumpur Hospital director Datuk Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain. Also present was the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Dr Ismail, in his statement issued last night, stated that an endoscopy was carried out on Najib which showed that he had a minor ulcer and gastritis.

Meanwhile, others who visited Najib today were the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah and the Malaysian ambassador to the United States, who is also the member of Parliament for Rompin, Datuk Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis.

In addition, two of Najib’s children, Mohd Nizar, who was accompanied by his wife Nur Sharmila Shaheen, and Mohd Nasifudin were also seen leaving the hospital at about 1.10pm after visiting their father. — Bernama