Rant & Raves

Just got this mail in my Inbox. This is a reply from Gleneagles Hospital regarding the Killer Perfume post I wrote about last Friday.

From: Hazrina Zainul AzizDin
To: [Recipient Address Removed for Privacy Purpose]
CC: Samiha Abdul Aziz
Date: May 7, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: POISONOUS PERFUME SAMPLE HOAX -GIMC INFO

Dear All,

We thank you for your kind consideration in seeking clarification from us regarding this matter instead of believing it and forwarding it to everyone else. Kindly find further information pertaining to the matter, below. The same can also be found on our website on the home page at www.gimc.com.my. FYI we have taken many actions to quash this malicious rumour repeatedly. However, it has been circulated and recirculated at such magnitude as to be beyond our control. Nevertheless we are sincerely trying our best to stop this rumours once and for all. Thank you for your concern.

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POISONOUS PERFUME SAMPLE HOAX

Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre

Recently, an email and short message service (SMS) has been circulating amongst members of the public pertaining to a poisonous perfume sample which caused the death of seven women upon inhalation and exposure. It was purportedly sent by a person who claimed to be an employee of Gleneagles Hospital Limited, on behalf of the hospital, in order to warn the public as these seven women were supposedly admitted and treated at Gleneagles Hospital.

We understand the panic and mystification that this email has caused and the public’s need to seek verification and consolation from a reliable medical institution such as ours. Thus, we would like to highlight that we have never admitted or treated such patients and have never been aware of such incidences. We would also like to categorically state that this email did not originate from our Hospital and / or any of our employees, current or otherwise. In addition, we declare that no one was ever at any time commissioned or authorised by the Hospital to deliver and circulate such warnings. Further to this, we would also like to point out that our registered company name is Gleneagles Hospital (Kuala Lumpur) Sdn. Bhd. (Co. No. 198498-T) and we were never at any point known as Gleneagles Hospital Limited as claimed in the email.

This email hoax first surfaced five years ago, and we had posted a statement on the GIMC website to clarify and inform members of the public that the contents of the email were a hoax.

In view of the above, we sincerely hope that all members of the public who had read this email and our clarification will inform everyone around them that this is a hoax and urge everyone to ignore and delete such emails in the future. Thank you.

For media inquiries please contact the Marketing & Corporate Communications Department at 03-42552761 or 03-42552892.

Warm regards,

HAZRINA ZAINUL AZIZDIN

Executive, Corporate Communications
Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre
282 & 286 Jln. Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur

D/L: 03-42552761 Fax: 03-42579233
H/P: 019-3060056

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So I guess the SMS thing is a hoax. If you receive this SMS, please refrain from sending it to everyone you know. It will create a certain amount of public anxiety. At this moment of the year, we do not need this kind of public scare and panic.

Thank you.