Another hospital among 27 sites fined

Star: Another hospital, this time in the private sector, has been found having breeding grounds for the Aedes mosquito.
The hospital, fined RM150, was among 27 places found with mosquito breeding grounds in the past two weeks.
A total of nearly RM10,000 in fines were collected.
The others were 12 construction sites, two institutions of higher learning, eight schools and four factories.
Last week, six government hospitals and five schools throughout the country were booked for having Aedes mosquito breeding grounds within their premises.
State Health Committee chairman P.K. Subbaiyah said the authorities would from now on impose the maximum fine of RM500 on offenders for each Aedes mosquito breeding ground found.
“A second-time offender will be taken to court and be fined up to RM10,000 or be jailed up to two years or both,” he said during the official launch of fogging teams at the Sungai Dua MCA service centre yesterday.
Subbaiyah said that from Jan 1 until yesterday, 756 dengue cases had been reported in Penang.
There were 23 reported dengue cases from Sunday to yesterday, while 60 people were admitted to hospitals on Thursday and yesterday for suspected dengue, he said.