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Patients will be given treatment regardless of their attire, says minister Azalina Othman
Agreeing with Azalina, DAP Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching has urged the government to issue a memorandum that would ensure patients will be given treatment even if they do not comply to the set dress codes
Meanwhile, PAS Pasir Puteh's Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad thinks that women wearing shorts portray indecent Western values
7 November: It is being reported that a two-year-old boy, requiring medical attention for a cut in his finger, was allegedly denied treatment at not one, but two Klinik 1Malaysia branches, and a public hospital
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But why? Because his mother and aunt were dressed in shorts that were, well, too short, reported The Rakyat Post via China Press.
According to a report published in the Chinese daily, the incident, which took place last Saturday, 31 October, around noon, saw the injured boy repeatedly being refused medical treatment until his mother was given a sarong to cover herself up.
The Chinese daily stated that **the boy was initially rushed to a Klinik 1Malaysia in Saleng, Johor Baru**, but his mother and aunt, both of whom were wearing a pair of short pants, were allegedly told that their pants were too short and hence, were denied entry.
**The mother claimed that they waited for about two hours there**, however, the injured boy did not get any proper treatment for his injuries at the Klinik 1Malaysia in Saleng.
**They then brought the boy to another Klinik 1Malaysia in Bandar Indahpura, Kulai**, but claimed that even there, they were denied entry. The clinic also cited the length of their pants as the reason to deny entry and treatment to the injured child.
**The desperate duo then headed to Kulai Hospital** where both claimed that even there, they couldn't get the injured boy to be treated, allegedly for the same reason.
They finally went to a private clinic nearby, where the boy was granted access to medical treatment – and even then, only after his mother was made to put on a sarong, claimed the toddler's father
"My son was crying aloud at that time, so a nurse gave my wife a sarong and let her in," the boy's father, Wong Xian Lan, was quoted by the Chinese daily in its report on Friday, 6 November.
MCA Vice President Chew Mei Fun has called on the Health Ministry to investigate the matter and urged the Ministry to take appropriate action, adding that it's clearly a case of medical neglect
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