MERSING: A contract cleaner who was seriously injured in an elephant attack behind the bushes of SK Felda Tenggaroh 5 here has regained consciousness after doctors put him under an induced coma for two days.
Mersing deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Sharif Sharif Mondoi said the victim, Zalini Dahlan, 51, who was receiving treatment at Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor Baru, has been reported to be stable but still weak.
“I was informed by his wife that Zalini had regained consciousness after being under an induced coma for two days and was under the doctor’s supervision. This is the information we have as of this afternoon,” he said when contacted on Monday (Sept 30).
The media earlier reported that Zalini, who suffered fractures in the hip bone and one rib, as well as bleeding in the head, was believed to be under an induced coma procedure to restore his energy.
Zalini was seriously injured, while his friend Mohamad Syafik Yakob, 31, died after being attacked by an elephant while trying to drive the wild animal away from the area of SK Felda Tenggaroh 5, on Thursday (Sept 26). – Bernama
