KUALA LUMPUR, January 6 – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) this morning around 9:30 am following a fall at his residence, confirmed his press secretary Suffi Yusoff.

The fall occurred while Dr Mahathir was moving from one part of the balcony to the living room, and he was conscious upon arrival.

Suffi added that hospital observation is a standard precaution after such incidents, and Dr Mahathir remains under close medical monitoring at IJN as doctors assess his condition.