A Foundation-Funded Project

  • ATTR Awareness Day @ Sarawak Heart Centre

    July 23, 2022 /

    TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS PATIENTS’ AWARENESS DAY Sarawak Heart Foundation joined Sarawak Heart Centre and Pfizer Malaysia for a Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR Amyloidosis) Patients’ Awareness Day at Sarawak Heart Centre on 23 July 2022. The event, organised by Sarawak Heart Centre, brought together patients and family members who have benefitted from the genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular disease sponsored by the Foundation. While Dr Oon, neurologist Dr Abby Hoo and Nuclear Medicine specialist Dr Mohammad Fitri Bin Khalil spoke about the disease, who are at risk and the importance of early screening, the patients shared their stories on living with the disease.    The Foundation contributed RM50,000 to set up the fund for…

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  • Health Awareness @ Kampung Mujat, Serian

    May 21, 2022 /

    21 May 2022: A rural health screening project initiated by Kuching City Lions Club and supported by Sarawak Heart Centre, Sarawak Breast Cancer Support Group, St Joseph’s Private School Leo Club and National Population and Family Development Board

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  • Fund Drive for MRI Machine for Sibu Hospital

    July 19, 2021 /

    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…

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  • Portable Oxygen Concentrator Machines for Four Hospitals in Sarawak

    May 1, 2021 /

    Early this year, the Foundation successfully raised RM140,000 for the purchase of four units of portable oxygen concentrator machines for four hospitals in Sarawak. The Foundation would like to thank Sarawak Plantation Agriculture Development Berhad, Reservoir Link Energy Sdn Bhd and Perbena Emas Sdn Bhd for their sponsorships of the machines that were given to Sarawak General Hospital, Sibu Hospital, and Bintulu Hospital respectively. The Foundation donated one to Miri Hospital. The portable oxygen concentrator is important equipment which provides continuous uninterrupted oxygen supply to sick children in situations when conventional oxygen supply using bulky and heavy oxygen tank is not possible such as during inter-hospital transfer by flight. The…

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  • Sarawak Heart Foundation Contributes to Fund for Genetic Testing for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

    April 22, 2021 /

    The Foundation has contributed RM 50,000 to start up a fund for genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular disease at Sarawak Heart Centre. An inherited cardiovascular disease is one that has been passed on through families. Many cardiac diseases can be inherited, including cardiomyopathy, high cholesterol, arrhythmias and congenital heart disease. They can affect people of any age. People with inherited cardiovascular can present with palpitations, fainting spells, shortness of breath, chest pain and sudden death. Some may have no symptoms at all. If one parent has a faulty gene, there is a 50% chance that a person could have it too. And if the person carries the faulty gene, there…

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