Religious student Mohamad Thaqif dies

The matter was confirmed by his aunt, Dzuraidah Ahmad, 38 when contacted by Astro AWANI.

The 11-year-old was scheduled to undergo a surgery to amputate the right arm due to bacterial infection. The surgery was however postponed because the condition of his heart was not stable.

Mohamad Thaqif was admitted to HSI on Wednesday for injuries on his legs after he was allegedly canned by the assistant warden of the religious school.

On Saturday, Mohamad Thaqif slipped into a coma after both his legs were amputated by HSI doctors the day before in a desperate bid to prevent infection to tissues and blood cells in his body.

Doctors later found that his right hand had turned black due to a bacterial infection and blood clots had started to form on his left shoulder and they informed his family that his arm had also turned necrotic.

The Johor Health, Environment, Education and Information Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat on Tuesday said blood and health screening tests on Mohamad Thaqif Amin to find out the actual causes that led to both of his legs to be amputated would be known in one or two weeks' time.