KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) again today.
According to a statement by the IJN corporate communications department, the former prime minister was admitted for an elective medical procedure.
"Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today was admitted to IJN for an elective medical procedure. Due to the current SOP (Covid-19 standard operating procedures), no visitors are allowed to visit Dr Mahathir," the statement read.
No further information was provided by the hospital.
On Dec 16, Dr Mahathir was admitted to IJN for a full medical check-up and further observation and he was discharged on Dec 22.
The Langkawi member of parliament, who turned 96 in July, had undergone two heart bypass operations, in 1989 and 2007. He was last hospitalised in February 2018.