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Malaysian 100-year-old erstwhile Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to infirmary aft suffering a hip fracture pursuing a autumn astatine his residence aboriginal connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), his bureau said.
Mr. Mahathir is expected to stay astatine the National Heart Institute successful Kuala Lumpur “for the adjacent fewer weeks for attraction and observation”, his bureau said successful a statement.
The centenarian, wide credited for transforming Malaysia into an concern federation during his archetypal stint arsenic premier from 1981 to 2003, has a past of bosom problems and has been successful and out of infirmary successful caller years, including for bypass surgeries. He was past admitted to infirmary for fatigue pursuing a picnic solemnisation for his 100th day past July. Mr. Mahathir was Prime Minister implicit 2 abstracted stints, with the archetypal lasting 22 years. He returned arsenic premier in 2018 aft starring the absorption coalition to a historical win, but his authorities collapsed aft little than 2 years owed to infighting.
