The Star, Saturday March 16, 2013
Quality
time: Shalina and Lee chatting with a kidney patient during the
machine-tagging ceremony at MAA Medicare Charity Dialysis Centre in
Kajang.
THE waiting time for kidney patients at the MAA
Medicare Charity Dialysis Centre in Kajang is made shorter with the
donation of a dialysis machine by Amcorp Properties Bhd.
To mark
the event, a machine-tagging ceremony was held at the centre. It was
attended by Amcorp Properties deputy chairman Shalina Azman and MAA
Medicare board of trustee member Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
They were also taken for a short tour of the facility.
Lee
highlighted that from the total donations of RM1,534,114 received last
year from generous Malaysians, RM455,600 has been utilised for the
relocation of the Kajang centre and the purchase of some medical
equipment and a new reverse osmosis system.
“MAA Medicare relies
on corporate and public donations for the operation of its centres,
which provides subsidised dialysis treatments for kidney patients.
“Our aim is to provide as much help and support to our patients, most of whom come from low-income families.
“We
have had generous contributors and supporters who have stood by us for
years and have helped us through difficult times,” said MAA Medicare
senior vice president Aliyah Karen.
The MAA Medicare is a public trust fund established in 1994.
Currently, it is the second largest dialysis provider in Malaysia, caring for 810 patients in 12 centres located nationwide.
According to statistics, there are an estimated 27,000 kidney patients on dialysis.
The
Kajang centre is located at No. 22-G and 22-1, Jalan Putra 3, Taman
Putra Kajang. Currently, two of the 13 dialysis machines are in need of
replacement.
For details, email fundraising@maa.my or visit www.maa-medicare.org.my
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