22-07-2025
Boy, 7, dies after nearly drowning in Melaka apartment pool
The boy from Masai, Johor, had been hospitalised after almost drowning while swimming in the apartment's pool on Sunday. (Envanto Elements pic)
MELAKA : The seven-year-old boy who was hospitalised at Melaka Hospital after nearly drowning in a swimming pool at an apartment in Taman Kota Laksamana died this morning.
State health, human resources and unity committee chairman Ngwe Hee Sem said the student from SK Rinting 3, Johor, was confirmed dead by the hospital director at about 11am.
'The cause of death was loss of brain function. The victim had been on a ventilator, and it was supposed to be removed today to see if he could breathe on his own, but his heart stopped before that,' he told reporters outside the Melaka state legislative assembly in Seri Negeri here.
Ngwe said the child's remains were claimed by his next of kin at 12.05pm today for burial in Johor.
It was earlier reported that the boy, who is from Masai, Johor, had nearly drowned while swimming in the apartment's pool at about 9.30am on Sunday.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that the boy had gone to the swimming pool with his family, who only realised he was missing after noticing he was no longer in the water.
They then searched the area around the swimming pool and discovered that several members of the public had already pulled him out of the water.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit of the hospital.
