His media officer, Anas As-Said Zaharuddin, said Hanipa was discharged at 4pm today.

Hanipa, who is also Sepang MP, suddenly collapsed and fell off the stage as Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was addressing JPM staff at Perdana Putra yesterday morning.

Meanwhile, the hospital, in a statement issued on Facebook, confirmed that the deputy minister was allowed to leave and he would have follow-up visits with the relevant medical experts.

Hanipa was found to have a “vasovagal attack” (fainting because the body overreacted to certain triggers which caused the heart rate and blood pressure to drop suddenly).

He was in a healthy and stable condition without any symptoms while in the ward, said the statement.

“The investigation did not show any acute abnormal results. Blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels were under control and he did not have diabetes,” the statement said.

The hospital also uploaded a photo of Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad visiting Hanipa at noon.

Hanipa, in charge of the legal portfolio, is among the three deputy ministers at JPM who were sworn in on July 2 this year.

On April 4, 2016, Hanipa was rushed to Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) when he fainted during a Dewan Rakyat sitting.

Media reports had said that Hanipa underwent surgery after the incident following bleeding in the brain because of high blood pressure.