KUCHING: The health ministry is unable to make any conclusion regarding a recent case involving a three-month-old baby who died while on a six-hour bus journey with his mother from Kuching to Sarikei, Sarawak.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said they would need to find the baby’s parents and get its full medical history to pursue the investigation.
“This is a very unique case, so we are investigating it.
“We are not able to find the parents yet. The Sarawak health department is investigating the case to get the details before we can draw any conclusion,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Academy for Silent Mentor Tripartite Conference 2022 here.
On Dec 9, the Sarawak health department issued a statement regarding the incident and it subsequently went viral on social media.
According to the statement, the mother had noticed her child had ceased breathing when the bus made a stop at the Jelukong bus terminal, Sri Aman, 208km from here, on Dec 4.
The infant was then taken to the Betong Hospital, 28km away and was pronounced dead.
Physical and radiology checks were conducted on the baby, but no post-mortem was carried out following discussions among the hospital authorities, police and family members.
The family then took the body home to be buried at the Ulu Pakan cemetery in Sarikei. - FMT
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