KUALA TERENGGANU – Dengue claimed its fourth victim in Terengganu following the death of a six-year-old girl from Kampung Panji Alam, the same village where a gotong-royong to clean-up aedes breeding grounds was held a week ago.
Wah Ying Er from Kampung Panji Alam died while receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital on Sunday night at 11pm.
The victim’s other siblings, namely Wah Ying Ha, 14, Wah Ying Shiam, 12, Wah Ying qi, 11, and Wah Ying Jia, 8, also received treatment at the same hospital for dengue.
Following the latest case, Health Department, Civil Defence Department, State Fire Rescue Department and Kuala Terengganu City Council was directed to come up with solutions to check the dengue outbreak.
To response for the above matter, PAS Youth Chief of Bandar Constituency here regret that State Health, Women, Family and Community Development committee chairman using law threating the citizen including to impose maximum fines.
Khairuddin Ahmad says the authority must use full force to help people to curb the dengue outbreak.
“State Exco member must use a proper word to advice the people, not using law to frighten the citizen,
“he must get along with the authority to lead anti-dengue campaigns, giving advices,”he said.
It was reported that the residents of Kampung Panji Alam said the local authority don’t just blame then for causing dengue outbreak.
“The council is also sambil lewa (lackadaisical).
“It’s unfair to just blame the villagers,”said Astro installer Nasri Abdullah, 37, added that the council workers rarely clear the drains and would usually trim the grass on their rounds.
