KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Sept 2020:
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, who was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) last Monday to undergo food poisoning and intervention treatment, is currently receiving follow-up treatment at the centre.
Istana Negara’s Comptroller of the Royal Household, Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin in a statement today said the treatment for food poisoning had been carried out following His Majesty’s admission to the centre on Sept 21. No details were released on how he got food poisoning.
Treatment for the intervention was done following a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan on Sept 22 which showed that Al-Sultan Abdullah had suffered injuries while playing sports, he said.
“It is well known that His Majesty is active in several types of sports, including polo, football, squash, hockey and golf. The intervention treatment on Al-Sultan Abdullah’s knees and ankles went successfully on Sept 24 and His Majesty is now in stable condition.
“Following the intervention treatment, His Majesty was advised to undergo follow-up treatment under observation of the IJN specialists. Al-Sultan Abdullah is scheduled to return to Istana Negara after completing the follow-up treatment.”
Ahmad Fadil also said His Majesty had voiced concern over the spike in positive Covid-19 cases in the country – which had hit three digits since yesterday.
The Ministry of Health in its Twitter account today announced that 115 new cases of Covid-19 were reported today with the total number of cases so far exceeding 11,000. Yesterday, 150 new cases were reported.
Ahmad Fadil said His Majesty also expressed concern over the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the peninsula due to returnees from Sabah with 36 cases recorded from Sept 20 until yesterday.
In this regard, he said His Majesty advised the people to look after their personal health and always be vigilant and abide by the directives issued by the government and to practise the new norms due to the increased number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia.
Ahmad Fadil said the people were also urged to pray for Al-Sultan Abdullah’s recovery and for His Majesty to be blessed with long-lasting good health.
Al-Sultan Abdullah was admitted to the IJN Royal Ward last Monday after His Majesty complained of feeling unwell and was advised to be monitored by doctors.
Separately, in a biography published by the Pahang Sports Council, his personality was clearly proven through his involvement as a school football player while his sports leadership was revealed after the Kelab Seri Mahkota Alam was set up in Pekan, Pahang in 1974.
Without neglecting other sports, Al-Sultan Abdullah had set up the Seri Mahkota Alam track and netball teams to give the opportunity and encourage the people to be actively involved in sports.
He was very active in sports administration especially football and was president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) from 2014 and 2017, held the presidency of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) and was active in polo.
The Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah consented to launch the book ‘Raja Sukan Berjiwa Rakyat’ (People-oriented Sports King) in conjunction with the 61st birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong this evening.
He also expressed appreciation on behalf of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to the state government for organising the programme especially to highlight the deeds and involvements of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in sports, in a special book.
‘’I truly appreciate the effort, especially more so when I see sports as agendas which can unite us all,’’ said Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim.
The entry procession of the biography to the stage was performed by national hockey legend Datuk Mirnawan Nawawi, former national football player Datuk Soh Chin Aun and former Pahang polo player Nurdin Abdul Majid.
The 195-page book in Bahasa Malaysia took eight months to be completed by several writers with the co-operation of the Pahang Sports Council and was about the life of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, his love and high commitment towards sports by becoming a player and also a leader at the state, national and international levels.
Also present during the launching ceremony were Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah ‘Athiyatullah, Tengku Puteri Ilisha Ameera, Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah and other royal family members and the Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
– Bernama