Tun Dr Mahathir in stable condition after being hospitalised, advised to rest

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) earlier Wednesday for a cough, is in stable condition, his son Datuk Mukhriz said.

Mukhriz said doctors had advised the former prime minister to take sufficient rest.

"There are no problems at all with his heart. Only a cough. Usually, when he has a cough, he needs adequate rest at IJN," said Mukhriz, who is Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister, when met at the IJN lobby after he had visited his father.

He said Dr Mahathir had to undergo physiotherapy as usual, take antibiotics and have adequate rest so as to recover fast, and that his outdoor activities had been curtailed in view of his present condition.

"My mother (Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali) is with him. We do not encourage visits by friends for the moment so as to prevent any infection," he told reporters.

Dr Mahathir, 85, was admitted to the normal ward at IJN at about 6am after he developed fever and a cough over the last two days. - Bernama