Fund Drive for MRI Machine for Sibu Hospital

The Sarawak Heart Foundation is raising funds for the purchase of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine for Sibu Hospital.

A number of corporate donors have come forward with their sponsorships namely Sanyan Holdings Sdn Bhd, Samling Resources Bhd, RH Forest Corporation Sdn Bhd, Harum Bidang Sdn Bhd, KTS-BLD Foundation, Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, Simalau Plantation Sdn Bhd, Hock Peng Furniture and General Contractors Sdn Bhd, Titanium Project Management Sdn Bhd, Asteel Sdn Bhd and TAS Offshore Bhd.

The machine, a Philips Diamond Select 1.5T Achieva dStream, costs RM2.6 million and is recommended by Sarawak Heart Centre for Sibu Hospital.

Sibu Hospital is in dire need of the MRI machine as the present one there is near end of life. Patients in the Central Region of the State had to be referred to Sarawak Heart Centre as the machine in Sibu Hospital cannot treat or does not have the capacity to handle those cases.

The machine will be able to address the immediate needs of Sibu Hospital in providing MRI services to patients in the whole of the Central Region of the Sarawak that includes Sarikei, Mukah and Kapit Divisions.

Three hospitals in the country namely Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Hospital Seberang Jaya and Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim are using Philips Diamond S.

The Foundation is appealing for more sponsorships towards this project.