{"id":12747,"date":"2021-12-22T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12747"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:48:02","slug":"mahathir-to-be-discharged-soon-says-ijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12747","title":{"rendered":"Mahathir to be discharged soon says IJN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kuala Lumpur, Dec 22 &#8212; Former prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is expected to be discharged from hospital within the next few days, the National Heart Institute (IJN) announced yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, IJN said Mahathir had completed all necessary investigations for his medical check-up following his admission on Dec 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"IJN\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" width=\"504\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-141x100.jpg 141w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-350x248.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad-800x567.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahathir-Mohamad.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe team of doctors treating Mahathir is satisfied with the results of the investigations done over the last few days.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahathir, 96, was last admitted to IJN in August 2016 for the treatment of a chest infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to that, he was admitted in November 2013, also for a chest infection, and discharged several days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur, Dec 22 &#8212; 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