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Article: Asthma attack kills woman after snatch theft
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- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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SUBANG JAYA: A snatch thief took more than a handbag when he
pounced on
KUUB Berhad corporate communications executive Ainun Idris.
He also took the life of the 42-year-old chronic asthma sufferer.
The handbag contained a nebuliser, which Ainun used in the event
of an
asthma attack, RM3,000 meant to pay the company's car instalment
and
house keys.
Nine hours after the incident at 10am on Tuesday, the divorcee
suffered
an asthma attack and died at her rented home in USJ8.
When contacted, Asthma Council Malaysia chairman Dr Zainudin Md
Zin
said a delay in getting her medication could have led to Ainun's
death.
"When a patient gets a severe asthma attack, an ordinary inhaler
will
not work. They ...