Health Talk at SJKC Sg Buloh

Date: 8th August 2013

Time: 9am - 12.30pm
Venue: Health Talk at SJKC Buloh

Organizing health talks in a community where health awareness is relatively low could always be a challenge. Lions Club of Sg. Buloh has decided to take up the challenge last year. It is not easy to get audiences, turnout rate is always discouraging, and it is challenging to get committed doctors to spare their precious time to talk a relatively small crowd. However, we are not deterred by the discouraging situation. We are determined to do more.

On August 18^th, in collaboration with the iHEAL Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur, we had get Interventional Cardiologist, Dr Wong Teck Wee to give a talk on heart care.

Besides the health talk, the medical centre was providing free health screening for those who present. The screening service included providing BMI [Body Mass Index], Blood sugar and cholesterol text. Many of the village folks came in just for the screening.

Dr Wong was not discouraged by low turnout, about 20 of them. Dr Wong told us about the various symptoms of heart problems, various diagnosis methods and treatment. In spite of the low turnout, the interaction was encouraging.

We managed to get another guest speaker, Dr Goh Pik Pin to tell us more about the Hospice. As the head of the Clinical Research Centre of Hospital Kuala Lumpur, she is also volunteering in Kasih Hospice in Petaling Jaya.

This is the second time we work with Kasih Hospice for hospice awareness programme. Kasih Hospice has been proving free service to patients with terminal illness in this community. It provides them with the necessary equipment, like patient bed, ripple mattress, wheelchair and so on. Nurses and volunteer doctors would visit the terminally ill patients regularly, provide them with palliative care. Besides, Kasih Hospice also providing courses and information to family members of the terminally ill patients and members of public on effective ways of taking care of the said patients.

As the Organizing Chairperson, Ln KP called some folks in the community, and being told that they were out for shopping mall or engaged with other matters. They were all aware of the programme, just that they had had other priorities.

As said earlier, Lions Club of Sg Buloh would not deterred by the low turnout, in fact, it is the main reason, we shall do more to create health awareness just for the betterment of the said community.

 
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