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Tuesday June 1, 2010
Govt officer succumbs to pneumonia after commando-style training
KLANG: The diplomatic administrative officer with the Finance Ministry, who lost consciousness after attending a commando-style training programme since last Friday, has died.
Norhashimah Wahid (pic), 31, passed away at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital’s (HTAR) intensive care unit at 6.20am yesterday.She leaves behind a two-year-old daughter Nurhylda Daenia and husband Ahmad Zulkhairi Zainal Abidin, 31.
A doctor at the hospital said Norhashimah died of pneumonia.
Her brother-in-law Zakir Hussain, 41, said she was buried at the Taman Keramat Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur at 1.20pm.
Norhashimah, who had worked with the ministry for two years, was in her third month of the seven-month training programme organised by the National Institute of Public Administration at the Jugra training camp in Banting near here.
She was undergoing a team-building and commando training module when she became unconscious.
Tragedy: Norhashimah’s husband Ahmad Zulkhairi (right) carrying Nurhylda at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital yesterday. Looking on is his relative. — Bernama
She was warded at the Banting Hospital on Friday morning after she experienced breathing difficulties, and was transferred to HTAR when she became unconscious.
It was reported that her family and husband were disappointed that the organisers of the training programme had not informed them about the incident earlier.
In Petaling Jaya, the Royal Malay-sian Air Force (RMAF) said it did not conduct the commando training module as it did not come under its jurisdiction.
In a statement, the RMAF said the training was conducted by other agencies
Govt officer succumbs to pneumonia after commando-style training
KLANG: The diplomatic administrative officer with the Finance Ministry, who lost consciousness after attending a commando-style training programme since last Friday, has died.
Norhashimah Wahid (pic), 31, passed away at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital’s (HTAR) intensive care unit at 6.20am yesterday.She leaves behind a two-year-old daughter Nurhylda Daenia and husband Ahmad Zulkhairi Zainal Abidin, 31.
A doctor at the hospital said Norhashimah died of pneumonia.
Her brother-in-law Zakir Hussain, 41, said she was buried at the Taman Keramat Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur at 1.20pm.
Norhashimah, who had worked with the ministry for two years, was in her third month of the seven-month training programme organised by the National Institute of Public Administration at the Jugra training camp in Banting near here.
She was undergoing a team-building and commando training module when she became unconscious.
Tragedy: Norhashimah’s husband Ahmad Zulkhairi (right) carrying Nurhylda at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital yesterday. Looking on is his relative. — Bernama
She was warded at the Banting Hospital on Friday morning after she experienced breathing difficulties, and was transferred to HTAR when she became unconscious.
It was reported that her family and husband were disappointed that the organisers of the training programme had not informed them about the incident earlier.
In Petaling Jaya, the Royal Malay-sian Air Force (RMAF) said it did not conduct the commando training module as it did not come under its jurisdiction.
In a statement, the RMAF said the training was conducted by other agencies
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