DR Mahathir Mohamad will be undergoing further checks at the National Heart Institute (IJN), which will result in him being admitted for another few days, the specialist hospital said today.

IJN said in a statement that “several investigations (on him) will be completed in the next few days”.

“He shall remain in IJN till then.” 

The hospital also said no visitors are allowed due to the Covid-19 standard operating procedure.

The 96-year-old Langkawi MP was admitted to IJN at 7pm yesterday for a “full medical check-up and further observation”.

Dr Mahathir has a history of heart ailment and chest infection.

In August 2016, he was admitted to IJN for the treatment of a chest infection.

He was also admitted for a chest infection in November 2013.

He had his first heart attack in 1989, at the age of 64.

Dr Mahathir had two more heart attacks in 2006, and a year later underwent a quadruple bypass surgery at IJN. – December 17, 2021.