The Rotary Club of
Johor Baru (RCJB) which has been providing highly subsidised treatments for
hundreds of patients at their haemodialysis centre in Johor Baru, plans to set
up their second centre in Bandar Seri Alam this year.
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| A nurse attending to a patient undergoing haemodialysis treatment at a Rotary Club Haemodialysis Centre in Johor |
It will be located in
a 4-storey shop lot in the Fortuna Hub Premier Shop Office precinct of Bandar
Seri Alam and is a contribution from the family of the late Ng Quee Nam,
founder of Chee Tat Plantations which was developed into the modern township of
Bandar Seri Alam.
In 1989, Rotarians of
the RCJB were encouraged by the late Sultan Iskandar Almarhum Sultan Ismail, previous
Sultan of Johor, to establish large scale projects that truly make a difference
to the community in the long term.
This spurred the
Rotarians to set up their first haemodialysis centre at Wisma Abad in 1992, a
project which expanded to a 4-storey shoplot at Jalan Tun Abdul Razak and was
officially declared open by Sultan Iskandar in 2004.
For more than 20
years, this pilot haemodialysis project by the RCJB has been benefiting
patients and its success has inspired other Rotary Clubs in Johor to set up
similar centers to support hundreds of patients in JB, Kulai, Pontian, Kota
Tinggi, Kluang, Mersing and Batu Pahat.
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| The staff in front of the first RCJB Haemodialysis Centre in JB |
As the community
grows, the need to provide affordable haemodialysis treatment has also grown
and the queues of patients in need of treatment keeps getting longer.
This growing need
demands a response and RCJB President 2015 – 2016, Freddie Lee, mooted the idea
to set up a second haemodialysis centre to serve the needs of patients in the
area around Masai and Pasir Gudang.
"We expect to
start renovations in the first quarter of 2016 when we have obtained the
necessary licenses and approvals from the relevant authorities,” said Lee.
The estimated costs
involved for building renovation, dialysis machines, a reverse osmosis water
purification system and other fittings, is in the region of RM700,000, which the
RCJB aims to raise through public donations.
To this end, the RCJB
is organizing a fund-raising Charity Gala Dinner on March 5, held in the Grand
Ballroom of the Amansari Resort Hotel in Bandar Seri Alam and the Johor Menteri
Besar, Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled Nordin has been invited as the guest of honour.
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| Patients in a section of the haemodialysis centre set up by the Rotary Club of Kulai |
The public is also
invited to partner with the RCJB in raising funds for the new haemodialysis
centre by buying dinner tables at the charity dinner in two categories, VIP
Tables at RM10,000 and Gold Tables at RM5,000 per table of 10 guests.
The names of cash
contributors will be permanently acknowledged on a Donors’ Wall in the centre
in the form of a Platinum Plate for donations of RM50,000 and above, a Gold Plate
for RM20,000 to RM49,999 and a Silver Plate for RM10,000 to RM19,999 donations.
To make donations and
table reservations, email to: lihui@umland.com.my or Tel: 607 – 3881111. All
donations will be acknowledge by official receipts.
A version of this was published in The Malaysian Insider on 20 February 2016
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