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  "id": 10836228,
  "title": "Dr Mahathir admitted to IJN for observation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/dr-mahathir-admitted-to-ijn-for-observation-10836228",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T02:21:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
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    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/30/dr-mahathir-admitted-to-ijn-for-observation/237076"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the National Heart Institute for observation. According to his son, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, this happened a day after the death of his wife, Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, at the same hospital.\n\nDr Siti Hasmah died on Monday at the age of 100 after her condition deteriorated following a heart attack. She was laid to rest at Pusara Negara in Precinct 20, Putrajaya, later that day.\n\nDr Mahathir, 101, and Dr Siti Hasmah, both doctors by training, were married for 70 years and had seven children.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Dr Mahathir admitted to IJN for observation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/dr-mahathir-admitted-to-ijn-for-observation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:21:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Dr M admitted to IJN for observation, son says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/dr-m-admitted-to-ijn-for-observation-son-says",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:43:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Malaysia’s Mahathir in hospital for observation a day after wife’s death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/malaysias-mahathir-in-hospital-for-observation-a-day-after-wifes-death",
        "published": "2026-09-30T03:28:11.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}