Foreign woman drowns during aquatic therapy in Penang
Timur Laut district police chief Rozak Muhammad said the woman's husband tried to resuscitate her but she was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the scene.
A 57-year-old foreign woman died after drowning during aquatic therapy at a condominium swimming pool in Tanjung Bungah, George Town, on the evening of the incident. Police received a report from a concerned citizen at 6:10pm and arrived at the scene shortly after. Police chief Rozak Muhammad stated that preliminary investigation revealed the victim and her husband were engaged in aquatic therapy around 5:20pm when the man briefly stepped away to answer a phone call.
Upon his return, he discovered his wife submerged underwater, believed to have fallen off a float. Her husband immediately jumped into the pool, rescued her, and performed CPR, but medical personnel pronounced her dead at 5:49pm. No criminal elements were detected in the incident, and the case has been classified as a sudden death report.
The body was sent to the Penang Hospital forensic department for a post-mortem to determine the exact cause of death.
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