Johor govt promises aid to families of patients killed in hospital fire

Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat, who is attending a meeting here, said the authorities were shocked by the incident.

Initial reports indicated that six critically ill patients died in the fire which started at about 9am at a second-floor intensive care unit of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru.

"We (the Johor government) will provide the appropriate aid soon to the next-of-kin of those who died," Ayub told reporters here.

He is attending the International Conference on Low Carbon Asia Research Network.