Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was taken to hospital on Tuesday after a fall at his residence, his aide told AFP.
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“He’s conscious. I don’t know whether he’ll be admitted or not for now. That’s still too early to say,” Sufi Yusoff told AFP.
“He fell transiting from one part of the balcony to the living room,” Sufi said, declining to elaborate on Mahathir’s condition.
The former premier has previously undergone bypass surgeries for heart problems.
He was prime minister from 1981 until 2003, and again from 2018 to 2020.
He reached the age of 94 during his second stint, and was the world’s oldest elected leader at the time.
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Source: AFP
