SARAWAK HEART FOUNDATION RAISES RM2.25 MILLION FOR CARDIAC UNIT IN BINTULU HOSPITAL
BINTULU: Sarawak Heart Foundation has successfully raised RM2.25 million for the setting up of a cardiac unit in Bintulu Hospital.
The funds raised was for the procurement of new medical equipment and upgrades of existing ones in the cardiac unit and consumables.
The Foundation initiated the fund raising late last year and raised the amount needed from three sponsors – RM1.6 million from Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS), RM500,000 from Press Metal Bintulu Sdn Bhd and RM150,000 from Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad.
Foundation deputy chairman Datuk Amar Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian officiated at the handing over of the medical equipment at the hospital on 13 October 2025. Present were Foundation Trustees, Datuk Amar Hajah Jamilah binti Anu, Dato Sri Fong Joo Chung, Dato Anne Teng and Pauline Kon, PETROS Senior Vice-President Human Capital, Corporate Relations and Services Haji Ismail Said, Press Metal Bintulu Sdn Bhd General Manager Chong Chee Kwang, Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad Chief Executive Officer Ruslan bin Abdul Ghani and Bintulu Hospital director Dr Suzalinna binti Sulaiman.
Bintulu Hospital is the second public hospital in Sarawak to have a Catheterization Laboratory (cath lab) in February this year following the upgrading of the radiology laboratory with the funds raised. The cath lab makes it possible for cardiac patients in the area to receive treatment without having to be referred to the Sarawak Heart Centre. It functions as a mini satellite centre of Sarawak Heart Centre that will increase the heart treatment capacity in the central zone of the State.
Visiting services started on 24 February 2025 with two doctors flying in from Sarawak Heart Centre once every two weeks. They have treated a total of 145 patients with 75 of them having undergone Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) as at the end of September 2025.
