• Electricity For Life 2024 

    November 13, 2024 /

    A Sarawak Heart Foundation Initiative in collaboration with:  Sarawak State Health Department   Sarawak Heart Centre   Medtronic International (Malaysia)  Report by Dr Esteban Chin, Clinical Cardiologist, Sarawak Heart Centre on behalf of the travel team for Electricity for Life Initiative 

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  • FUND RAISING FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SETTING UP OF CARDIAC UNIT IN BINTULU HOSPITAL

    November 7, 2024 /

    The Sarawak Heart Foundation is raising RM2,049,800.00 for medical equipment for the setting up of a cardiac unit in Bintulu Hospital. Some of the basic infrastructure is already in place there and this funding can see the commencement of cardiology services in Bintulu this year. Cardiologists from Sarawak Heart Centre will be assigned to take care of the patients in Bintulu Hospital.  Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) responded to the Foundation’s appeal with a contribution of RM1.6 million for the cardiac unit following Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad’s sponsorship of RM150,000.    The medical equipment and upgrades for the proposed cardiac unit cover: –  # ITEMS COST (RM) 1 ICL upgrade  …

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  • Extending Diagnostics from Patients to Population

    July 29, 2024 /

    Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and ranks fourth in hospitalizations at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Malaysia(1). Patients with CVD in Malaysia are on average 10 years younger than those in developed countries(2). Increasing burden of CVD is primarily due to the rising prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol(3,4). As of 2019, 3 out of every 10 adults in Malaysia had hypertension, 1 out of every 5 had diabetes, and 4 out of every 10 had high cholesterol(4). Access to critical cardiology services at a public tertiary level in Sarawak is severely hampered by the fact that there is only one cardiology centre…

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  • Health Screening on Sarawak Day @ The Spring Bintulu

    July 29, 2024 /

    Doctors and nurses from Bintulu Hospital conducted the free health screening held at the launching of the State-level Immunisation Programme “Human Papillomavirus (HPV) at the Spring Bintulu on Sarawak Day 22 July 2024.  Deputy Premier of Sarawak YB Datuk Amar Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian who is also the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Public Health and Deputy Chairman of Sarawak Heart Foundation officiated at the event themed Leaving No One Behind: Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Malaysia.

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  • Manikins for Sarawak General Hospital

    April 4, 2024 /

    Sarawak Heart Foundation has donated 12 units of manikins to Sarawak General Hospital. The manikins consisting of seven units of CPR Manikin ½ Body Little Anne and five units of Infant Manikin Little Baby cost Rm20,100. They are needed for the Basic Life Support courses for the staff in the hospital. The manikins were handed over to Dr Vanitha Kandasamy of Sarawak General Hospital at a simple ceremony at Sarawak Heart Centre on 2 April 2024. Present at the ceremony were Foundation Deputy Chairman YB Datuk Amar Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian and Board Trustees Datin Patinggi Datuk Amar Hajah Jamilah Binti Haji Anu, Dato Anne Teng and Ms Pauline…

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  • SARAWAK HEART FOUNDATION FUNDS GENETIC TESTING FOR INHERITED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

    January 4, 2024 /

    3 January 2024 – Sarawak Heart Foundation has contributed RM100,000 towards a fund for genetic testing for  inherited cardiovascular disease at Sarawak Heart Centre.   The fund was set up in 2021 with RM50,000 from the Foundation, and has benefitted 58 patients, including 8 children. Last year, the genetic testing service was extended to children  with inherited cardiovascular disease (mainly inherited aortopathies). These children are  under the careful care of the paediatric cardiology team at Sarawak Heart Centre. With  another contribution of RM50,000 from the Foundation last month, the Centre will be able to  support more children.  Consultant cardiologist Dr Oon Yen Yee who initiated the fund, said that the purpose…

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  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MACHINE FOR SIBU HOSPITAL

    December 6, 2023 /

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MACHINE FOR SIBU HOSPITAL   The Foundation has successfully raised RM2.02 million for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine for Sibu Hospital with the final sponsorship of RM300, 000 from Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) on 1 December 2023.  At the handing over of the mock cheque for RM250,000, PETROS chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr Hamid Bugo immediately topped it up with another RM50,000 upon hearing from Foundation deputy chairman YB Dato Sri Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian that the collection was still short of RM30,000. The Ministry of Health Malaysia has also approved an allocation of RM1,208,018.00 for the upgrading of the room for the MRI…

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