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Saturday, 30 July 2011
Another shot of the BMW 2002 coupe. The body on this car was absolutely perfect
KUALA LUMPUR: A mental patient used a lighter to start a fire at the mental patient isolation room of the Emergency Department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) early Friday.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said the cause of the fire at 12.30am was traced after studying footage of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the room.
“Hospital staff used fire extinguishers to put out the fire and save the mental patient but he died as the fire spread quickly,” he said in a statement here on Saturday.
He said other patients and Emergency Department staff were evacuated until the fire was put out by the Fire and Rescue Department at 12.55am.
Before the fire, the aggressive mental patient was taken by police accompanied by two family members to the Emergency Department at 10.15 pm.
The patient was placed at mental patient isolation room in accordance with the standard operating procedures for aggressive mental patients.
The fire disrupted the department's services for 94 minutes and resumed at 1.20am as it only destroyed the isolation room.
“No other patients or medical staff was injured in the fire. A post-mortem on the body found the cause of death was soot inhalation.”
Dr Hasan said only the mental patient died and not two as reported by some newspapers as the two had died from road accidents.
“The ministry regrets the fire and sympathise with family members of the deceased and will make improvements if investigation finds weaknesses in handling of the case,” he added.- Bernama
Transgender Aleesha dies; candlelight vigil planned for Saturday night
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KUALA TERENGGANU: Mohd Ashraf Hafiz Abdul Aziz, 25, who failed in his bid to change his name to Aleesha Farhana after undergoing a sex change operation in Thailand, has died at the intensive care unit of Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah.
Bernama reported that he was admitted to the hospital at 3am on Thursday after experiencing heart problems and low blood pressure and died at 5am on Saturday.
His father Abdul Aziz Ahmad, 60, when contacted, said the family was waiting for family members and relatives to return to Kuala Terengganu and that the funeral would be held after the mid-day prayers Saturday.
Doctors at the hospital on Friday said he was suffering from unstable angina with cardiogenic shock.
Mohd Ashraf Hafiz, 25, had applied to the Kuala Terengganu High Court for an order to change his name and gender but it was rejected on July 18.
In Kuala Lumpur, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said that she was deeply saddened that her ministry was not able to provide counselling in time to Mohd Ashraf Hafiz.
Mohd Ashraf Abdul Aziz, 25, who wanted to change his name to Aleesha Farhana and gender after undergoing a sex change operation in Thailand in 2009, died at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu at 5am today after having been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit on Thursday for heart problems and low blood pressure.
Shahrizat said her ministry from early on had offered to provide counselling to Mohd Ashraf but now fate had intervened.
“We were concerned about his wellbeing. My ministry is welfare-oriented and we are non-judgemental.
“We try to understand and counsel anyone who needs our help, especially people who feel desperate like in the case of Ashraf, but for him, it is too late now,” she said when met on arrival at Putra World Trade Centre here where the Wanita Umno chief was due to chair a meeting of the Umno wing's executive committee.
Shahrizat also extended her condolences to Mohd Ashraf's family and hoped they would remain strong in this difficult time.
“If the family needs any help they can contact me or the nearest Welfare Department office,” she said.
Meanwhile, a candlelight vigil will be held at 8pm Saturday by Seksualiti Merdeka in front of the Bar Council at Lebuh Pasar Besar. - theStarOnline
A ‘32 Ford Highboy at the 2010 Adirondack Nationals. A highboy is a Model A without running boards and fenders, and they are well known for their starring role in the movie American Graffiti
‘69 Camaro with a 402 crate engine color-matched to the body. Great looks on this car, and definitely the performance to match
A Porsche 356 Speedster heading home. This is the first truly successful Porsche model, and established a great sporting reputation which is upheld today
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A pair of nicely maintained Nissan 280z’s
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