School to get 1.2ha of land for new building

SJK (T) Ladang Kuala Muda Bahagian Home in Sungai Petani, Kedah, has received a letter of assurance that 1.2ha of land will be allocated for the new school building, reported Makkal Osai.

The school has 70 students and is located in Jalan Kuala Ketil, about 15km from Sungai Petani town.

The developer of a nearby housing area agreed to provide the needed land, state exco member Datuk Dr Leong Yong Kong said after handing over the letter from the company to the school authorities.

Kedah MIC chief Jaspal Singh, who was present at the letter handing-over ceremony, said RM3.5mil in funding for the school is available under the Socio-Economic Development of Indian Community.

> A medical college in Bihar, India, became the centre of controversy after eight patients died in two weeks after receiving transfusions of supposedly “expired” blood, reported Tamil Nesan.

Junior doctors in the medical college hospital said they noticed something wrong when a patient got distressed while receiving a transfusion.

The doctors claimed the blood packets seemed to have been tampered with, and the expiry dates changed with a pen.

The college and hospital management had at first defended the blood bank, but later ordered an investigation when the pressure intensified.