A Foundation-Funded Project

  • 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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  • Foundation-funded Research on Childhood Obesity Wins Accolades

    November 1, 2019 /

    Our heartiest congratulations go to Dr Melvin Chung Hsien Liang, whose research on childhood obesity was funded by the Foundation. Dr Melvin was awarded the First Prize in the Young Investigator’s Symposium, Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO) 2019 Scientific Conference on Obesity in Kuala Lumpur on 16 October 2019.  Later that month, he received the Suaidi Award for the best performing postgraduate student throughout the MPH and DrPH programme in UNIMAS in Kuching. His research on Childhood Obesity: Effects of Physical Activity on Nutritional Status and Motor Skills Performance among children aged 4-6 years old in Peri-Urban Kuching, Sarawak has been featured in a few issues of…

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  • A Heartwarming Walk-a-Mile Across Jambatan Darul Hana

    November 1, 2019 /

    World Heart Day 2019 was celebrated at Kuching Waterfront on 13 October with about 3,000 participants and Walk-A-Mile across the iconic Jambatan Darul Hana.   The early morning rain did not deter the participants from finishing the Walk-A-Mile across Jambatan Darul Hana and taking part in the various activities.  Response to the Walk-A-Mile was overwhelming including a 337-strong contingent who participated in a Virtual Run in Limbang and Lawas to celebrate World Heart Day for the first time.   Three iconic landmarks, Jambatan Darul Hana, Masjid India Kuching (the Floating Mosque) and Fort Margherita had lit up from 21 September to 29 September, the official date for World Heart Day throughout…

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