Kelantan MB in hospital for exhaustion

KOTA BARU: Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has been admitted to the Perdana Specialist Hospital here for exhaustion.

He was admitted on Tuesday evening after complaining of fatigue following a hectic programme last week, when he attended both the annual PAS muktamar (gathering) in Perak and in Penang, and campaigned for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election.

According to a hospital spokesman, the 78-year-old Nik Abdul Aziz, who is also the PAS spiritual adviser, was resting and responding to treatment.

His political secretary Annual Bakri Haron, when contacted, refused to comment on Nik Abdul Aziz’s medical condition except to say he was expected to be back in Permatang Pauh on Sunday for the final run-up to the polling, scheduled on Aug 26.

Nik Abdul Aziz’s has been in poor health since suffering a mild heart attack in 2004, weeks after the general election then, and as a result, required a pacemaker to be implanted into him at the National Heart Institute.

Since then, he has been admitted occasionally for routine check-ups and rest.