A screengrab from the Health Ministry's official Facebook page on August 20, 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 ― The Health Ministry today shared tips for older Malaysians planning to watch the men’s single badminton finals of the Olympic Games, in which national badminton ace Datuk Lee Chong Wei will fight for a gold medal.

The Facebook post in the manner of a friendly public service announcement described the contents simply as “Advice from medical team”.

The post on the Health Ministry's official Facebook page contained a poster saying: “Malaysians, especially the senior citizens, please have the following on standby while you watch Malaysia going for GOLDS”.

It showed photographs of a blood pressure monitor, a pulse rate monitor,and anxiety treatment medicine Diazepam “to stay calm”. It also showed an image of a telephone along with the advice to dial “999” for ambulance in case of a medical emergency.

The PSA was not in the form of a formal press statement by the Health Ministry. The post had garnered over 2,900 Facebook “likes” and more than 280 comments from Facebook users when last viewed by Malay Mail Online this afternoon.

However, a subsequent check by Malay Mail Online showed that the post was no longer available on the Health Ministry's Facebook page.

Datuk Lee Chong Wei is now Malaysia's sole hope for a gold medal in badminton in this year's Olympics. ― Reuters pic

Attempts to go to the link of the Facebook post were instead met with a message which said that the page requested “cannot be displayed right now.” It also said “The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.”

Lee is now Malaysia's sole hope for a gold medal in badminton in this year's Olympics, after his compatriots snagged a silver each for Malaysia in the mixed double and men's double events.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who last night watched the decisive third set of Lee's semi-final match with long-time arch rival from China, Lin Dan, had described it as “nailbiting”.

Several Malaysian spectators had told Malay Mail Online last night of their nervousness when viewing the match, where Lee and Lin were virtually neck to neck in the final set. Lee eventually defeated Lin 15-21, 21-11, 22-20 in the gruelling 90-minute semi-final match.

Using what appeared to be figurative language, Mohd Yusof Ahmad had said that his “heart was skipping a beat”, while Elaine Ching said she thinks that most people “nearly had a heart attack” during the last game. Social media users have also been seen using similar words to describe the intensity of the match.

Lee will face off against China's Chen Long in the badminton men's singles final at 8.20pm (Malaysian time) tonight.

Malaysia has so far won three silvers and one bronze medal in this Olympics.