IPOH – A participant of the basic course for the General Operations Force (GOF) at the Ulu Kinta GOF Training Centre, near here, died yesterday without regaining consciousness, after collapsing on Thursday (May 30) from suspected heat stroke.
L/Cpl Mohd Zulkifly Rozak, 31, from Platoon 6, Company B, Seventh Battalion, collapsed while attending the team’s basic course on Thursday, and was taken to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) for treatment.
The training centre’s commander Supt Mohammad Hafiz Kadir, who confirmed the matter, said that the victim collapsed while participating in a cross-country run on Thursday, and was first rushed to the Tg Rambutan health clinic in an ambulance.
“The victim was unconscious when taken and referred to HRPB. He was then intubated at the hospital.
“He was then admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit, and confirmed dead yesterday. The doctor confirmed the cause of Zulkifly’s death was heat stroke and organ failure,” he said when contacted today.
Hafiz said that Zulkifly, along with 251 other participants, was participating in the GOF basic course, which started on April 28 and is expected to conclude on July 26.
Zulkifly’s remains were brought back to Kuala Terengganu, and laid to rest at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Mosque’s muslim cemetery. – June 3, 2024