Medical officer Dr Kalyani Rajendran, who served in the hospital’s emergency department, told the High Court here that she only attended to Jong Nam at around 11am on Feb 13 when he was taken to the hospital from the clinic at klia2.
“When he was bought to us, he was not breathing and unresponsive,” she said when asked by deputy public prosecutor Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin on what was Jong Nam’s condition when he was brought to the hospital.
Dr Kalyani said that she had performed CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on him for 30 minutes and also administered 6mg of adrenaline at the same time but there were still no signs of life.
Previously, Dr Nik Mohd Azdrul Ariff, who works at the airport’s clinic had testified that Jong Nam suffered a seizure when he was sent to his clinic and was clutching his head with his eyes closed.
He added he put a tube into Jong Nam’s trachea to pump oxygen and that the intubation process was successful as Jong Nam’s oxygen level had increased to 94%.
Dr Nik said Jong Nam was sent to Putrajaya Hospital as he needed to be placed in the intensive care unit (ICU) after his condition improved.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong are charged with killing Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 13.
Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrived in Malaysia on Feb 6, and was at klia2 to board a 9am flight to Macau on the day he was killed.
He died on the way to Putrajaya Hospital, sparking a diplomatic row between Putrajaya and Pyongyang.
During the opening statement on Oct 2, the prosecution said it would prove that the two women approached Jong Nam at the airport’s departure hall and sprayed VX nerve agent on his eyes and face.
Prosecutors told the court the actions of Siti Aisyah and Doan showed that they intended to cause Jong Nam’s death.
Dr Kalyani also told the court that she took samples from Siti Aisyah and Doan, three days after incident.
“I was supervising the non-critical unit that day (Feb 16) and two officers brought two women suspects for me to take their DNA samples,” she said, adding she took the women’s blood samples, clipped fingernails and took swabs of their nails.
Dr Kalyani added she sealed the specimens in a tube and then handled the samples to the Sepang district police.
Besides Dr Kalyani, two policewomen Corporals Ramiyah Ojee and Faziana Singkong also testified today.
Ramiyah and Faziana had escorted Siti Aisyah and Doan on Feb 16 to Hospital Putrajaya to take their DNA samples.
Faziana said she was unsure if investigating officer ASP Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz had followed them to the hospital.
She then clarified that Wan Azirul had not travelled in the same police car as she, Ramiyah and the two accused.
The hearing continues tomorrow before Justice Azmi Ariffin.
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