DG Health: ‘I am not afraid to die’, my team and I have gone to the ground in Sabah



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PETALING JAYA: Health Director Tan Sri, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, “is not afraid to die” and clarifies that he and his team have gone to the field in Sabah to check the Covid-19 situation there.

Dr. Noor Hisham rejected the allegations that he had not visited Sabah, adding that he had been there in late August to verify the management and preparations ahead of the Sabah state elections.

He also noted that the Deputy Director General for Public Health, Datuk Dr. Chong Chee Keong, had also gone to check on the situation in Sabah last week, while the Prime Minister’s special adviser on public health, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, it was also in Sabah. two weeks ago.

“The issue that we are afraid of dying does not come up. As Muslims, we accept that death can happen anywhere, not just if we go to the ground or not.”

“The important thing is that we do our duty. Our purpose is to break the chain of contagion in the country. We may have our differences, but the important thing is to break the chain of contagion so that we can save the country from an increase in cases and rates. mortality, “he said during his daily press conference on Wednesday (November 11).

Earlier in the Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (GPS-Bintulu) had asked if Dr. Noor Hisham feared for his life from the Covid-19 pandemic, as he did not go down in Sabah when the cases were at a critical point. its highest point.



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