Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, was hospitalized for the third time in just a month, his spokesman said on Saturday, triggering his health concern.
The former prime minister twice, once the oldest leader in the world, has been received in the heart care unit from the National Heart Institute, said the spokesman, who asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.
He said the statement would be released on Saturday.
A large group of journalists were collected outside the hospital waiting for updates.
Mahathir underwent an elective medical procedure in the same hospital on January 7 and sent back six days later.
Last month, he was accepted for examinations and full medical observations “.
He has two coronary bypass operations but still strong and sharp.
He led the opposition to the historic election victory in 2018 which was praised for overthrowing the corrupt government in the transfer of the first peaceful power since the independence of Malaysia in 1957.
Mahathir became the oldest leader in the world in the second time but the victory only lasted 22 months when his government collapsed because dispute.
But it did not stop it, and Mahathir formed a new Malay ethnic party in 2020 to oppose new leadership.