Malaysia: H1N1 Mother & Daugher Confirmed; Died

Previously reported here and here ... [We still do not have an onset date....]

Monday April 5, 2010
Wife’s last wish to hubby — look after family and mum


MALACCA: Be strong and don’t worry, these were the last words Mustaza Sarmat, 29, said to his wife Surmani Mah Nor as he held her hands before she underwent a Caesarean operation to save their child at the Malacca Hospital last Wednesday.

“I was by her side. I told her to be strong. I even promised her that both of us would raise our family together,” a tearful Mustaza said as he related his last moments with his wife who slipped into a coma during the operation and died two days later on April 2.

“She told me to look after our family and her mother,” he added. Surmani, 29, and her mother, Maimunah Dimah, 54, who died on March 31, had both contracted the A(HINI) virus.

He said that Surmani, who had a mild fever and slight cough, had sought treatment at a private clinic near their home in Jalan Jasin, Merlimau.


He added a routine pre-natal check up at the Malacca Hospital on March 29 revealed the baby’s heart was beating rapidly, prompting doctors to perform a Caesarean to save the girl.
The 2.95kg baby is free from the A(HINI) virus and is in an incubator at the hospital.

“We have yet to name her,” said Mustaza, a contract worker with Indah Water Consortium in Muar.

Meanwhile, Maimunah’s husband and Surmani’s father, Mah Nor Mah Nasir, 65, was still in shock over the family’s double loss but accepted it as fate.

He said the family had not told Surmani’s three-year-old daughter Nuraira Batrisyia of her mother’s death.

He added that Mustaza’s family and his youngest daughter Fatimah, 17, were put under house quarantine for a week since Friday and that the authorities were monitoring their condition daily.

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