• 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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  • Sarawak Heart Foundation’s COVID-19 Initiative

    March 28, 2020 /

      Sarawak Heart Foundation is answering the call of Sarawak General Hospital who is in need of foodstuff and various necessities for its frontliners in the face of COVID 19. Foodstuff consisting of instant noodles, biscuits and Milo were delivered to 300 nurses and doctors and 300 support staff invoved in the sanitation and maintenance of the hospital on 22 March 2020. Mugs and spoons and forks were sent over on 23 March 2020. Sarawak Heart Foundation distributed caps on 24 March to volunteers of Federation of Chinese Associations, Kuching who is handling the collection and delivery of foodstuff and necessities to the staff of Sarawak General Hospital. The Foundation…

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  • Wire-Free Fractional Flow Reserve System For Sarawak Heart Centre

    January 16, 2020 /

    Sarawak Heart Foundation handed over a Wire-Free Fractional Flow Reserve System (wf-FFR) to Sarawak Heart Centre on 15 January 2020.  The wf-FFR, used to assess the degree of severity of blockages in the coronary artery, costs RM199,800.00.  This sponsorship brings the total value of medical equipment donated by the Foundation to the Heart Centre since 2011 to RM2.66 million. The wf-FFR can be used for up to 400 patients. With this new technology, there is nearly no risk of perforation of the coronary artery compared to the conventional FFR that requires the use of a wire. The amount of potentially kidney-damaging iodinated contrast use is reduced. By rapidly providing a reading…

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