Tag: UTAR Hospital

United for the poor and sick

Do Good…Carlsberg Malaysia , Top Ten Charity Concert and donors/supporters raised RM3,016,280.00 to treat poor patients. The noble cause is in line with Carlsberg’s corporate social responsibility while Top Ten Charity Concert boasts a 30 plus  year  track record in fundraising for the needy.

By Foong Pek Yee

Oct 23, 2024
Rising healthcare cost is an increasing concern for many people these days.
Sick and cannot afford even the basic treatment is not uncommon.
Carlsberg Malaysia managing director Stefano Clini highlighted the importance of ESG (environmental, social and governance ) and its significance. 
A fine tradition…Hitting the gong to mark the highlight of the fundraising event for UTAR Hospital Patient Welfare Fund at HGH Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18, 2024. 
The RM3,016, 280.00 donation gives hope to the poor seeking treatment in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Hospital (UTAR Hospital) in Kampar, Perak.
The hospital offers western medicine and traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM).
Unity is strength … RM3,016, 280.00 raised to treat poor patients in UTAR Hospital. Carlsberg Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung (third from left) and Carlsberg Malaysia managing director Stefano Clini ( (second from left) attended the fundraising event at HGH Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18, 2024. 
Chor is also a UTAR council member.
The HGH Convention Centre management committee and its chairman Datuk Eddie Heng sponsored the venue and dinner for about 600 guests.
A vibrant performance at the Top Ten Charity Concert.
Young and talented performers at the Top Ten Charity Concert.
UTAR Hospital board chairman Tan Sri Dr Chuah Hean Teik gave an update on UTAR Hospital.
Media Chinese International  Ltd group senior general manager (media solution) Vincent Lee on the role of media in giving back to society.
The event was jointly organized by Nanyang Siang Pau, China Press and UTAR.
Photos: Courtesy of UTAR

A date with Summer

 

 UTAR Hospital staff is happy with the good response to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Photos from UTAR News

By Foong Pek Yee

Aug 7, 2024
A popular summer treatment – Sanfutei– saw folks making a beeline to UTAR Hospital (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Hospital) in Kampar, Perak, about 35 km from Ipoh recently.
It is a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment that enriches  and smoothens  the flow of qi (energy)  in our body system -a basis for good health according to TCM.
The procedure is administered by a TCM practitioner who identifies specific acupuncture points on the patient’s body  and applies  medicated herbal paste on the  points.
According to TCM, Sanfutei ,dated back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in China, works particularly well during summer (between July  and August).
Making a point: A TCM practitioner with his patient.
Consultation in progress: Patients from different age groups show interest in TCM
And Sanfutei is commonly used to treat health issues involving joints, bones, muscles, the immune system and the respiratory system.
It is also good for treating health problems arising from erratic weather conditions like extremely hot or wet spells  which is increasingly common in the wake of climate change nowadays.
UTAR News reported that the price for the three -day treatment is RM30 for UTAR staff and students,  and RM50 for the public.
It was free of charge for the first 200 patients from Kampar on July 25.
The first day of treatment was on July 25, followed by Aug 14 and 23, 2024 at the Traditional & Complementary Medicine (T&CM) section in  UTAR Hospital.
 The offer is a joint effort by UTAR, Guangxi-Malaysia TCM Centre and the First Affiliate Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese  Medicine.

A blessed and beautiful Saturday.

Bringing hope : Another RM1.063 mil for a hospital for the people (from left); Dr Chuah, Dr Sak, Dr Ting, Prof Ewe, Dr Ling, Datuk Seri Yap, Chor, Lim and Lee. Sept 25, 2022.
By Foong Pek Yee
The weather was fine and there was an air of festivity all over the place.
Some 100 plus golfers who gathered at the Sungai Long Golf and Country Club in  Kajang, Selangor last Saturday (Sept 24) were there for a good cause. .
The event-Charity Golf Meet- has scored a big goal – raised RM1.063mil  for UTAR Hospital, a not -for-profit hospital in Kampar, Perak.
“We appreciate all of you coming together to enjoy a game of golf over a good cause for UTAR Hospital,” says Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik who is Universiti  Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Chancellor.
“Most golfers would agree that the friendship and bond built on a golf course are meaningful and elevating,” says Dr Ling who was MCA president and Transport Minister for about 17 years, and he is well known to have taken part in many golf tournaments to raise funds for education; including funds to expand Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC)in the 1990s and the building of UTAR since the early 2000s to provide quality and affordable tertiary education for the people.
UTAR turns 20 this year.
All smiles: (from left),  Lim, Chor, Lee and other golfers at the charity golf meet in Sungai Long Golf and Country Club, Kajang on Saturday,  Sept 24.
Describing the event as meaningful, UTAR council member Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung says it brings together diverse groups of people who value acts of charity.
Also the event’s organising committee chairman, Chor notes that UTAR Hospital will benefit Malaysia’s multiracial community especially the less fortunate by providing very affordable medical care.
He thanked the golfers for their support, and also all who contributed to the donations; from friends, partners, donors to sponsors, including Datuk Seri Ir Yap Chong Lee who through his Sungai Long Golf and Country Club, sponsored the golf course for the golf play and the breakfast and lunch for the golfers and guests for the event.
Also present were UTAR council chairman Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh, UTAR Education Foundation Board of Trustees  chairman Tan Sri Dr Sak Cheng Lum,  UTAR council members Datuk Lim Si Cheng and Datuk Lee Leck Cheng, UTAR president Datuk Prof Dr Ewe Hong Tat and UTAR Hospital board chairman Tan Sri Dr Chuah Hean Teik .
Chor commended Lim and Lee for their months of effort and hard work from day one to help make the event a success.
Prof Ewe in thanking the golfers, donors and sponsors, says their spirit of giving back in support of charity is truly heart-warming.
He says the hospital is a hospital for the community, and the funds raised will help in its development and makes affordable specialist medical treatment more accessible to those in need.
The 350-bed UTAR Hospital comprises  250 beds for Western Medicine and 100 beds for traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM).
The T& CM section  has started operations early this year and the Western Medicine section is expected to open next year.
The RM330mil UTAR Hospital is also a teaching hospital under UTAR , a not-for-profit private university which turns 20 this year.

More than good food.

Recipe for a worthy cause. Sept 23, 2022.
By Foong Pek Yee
It was drizzling since early morning .
But the crowd in Golden Kimwah Restaurant in Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya yesterday was very good.
Apart from the good food in this popular neighbourhood eatery, the patrons were there for a noble cause -raise funds for Utar Hospital, a not -for- profit hospital in Kampar, Perak.
The event, organised by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) council and with the support of the restaurant, raised RM56,936. 80 from 7.30am to 3.30pm yesterday.
The donors include Ezon Bhd group chief executive officer  Ikaxa Tan, Ir Ling Leong Choong from Sitiawan, Perak and Datuk Peter Ng from Kajang, Selangor.
Highlight: Dr Ling frying char kuay teow.  Looking on are (from right), Dr Ting, Ezon Bhd group chief executive officer Ikaxa Tan and Utar council member Datuk Lim Si Cheng, also the event organising chairman. 
Big support :  Ikaxa Tan handing over a cheque to Dr Ling.
Good deeds:  Dr Ling (seated) receiving a cheque from Ir Ling Leong Choong. Looking on are Dr  Ting (second from right) and Utar council member Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung (behind Dr Ling).
Council chairman Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh expressed his gratitude to the people for their support.
And he used the Chinese saying – to save a life is better than to build a seven – level pagoda- to underscore the importance of their support.
A mission:  To help build Utar Hospital for the people (from left);  Dr Ting, Datuk Peter Ng, Ir Ling Leong Choong, Utar official Fook Oi Yee and Wong Jung Lik. 
Earlier, Utar chancellor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik fried a plate of char kuay teow to kickstart the event.
Utar Hospital is a 350-bed hospital for Western medicine (250 beds) and Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM)  (100 beds).
The hospital, costing RM330mil, is expected to be fully operational next year.
The TCM section has started operations early this year.

A brilliant career spanning seven decades

He never allows distractions to get in his way.

By Foong Pek Yee
It was the 1985 world tin crash that literally crushed the mine workers and the economy.
Massive unemployment, business shutdowns  saw many left their hometown in droves looking for a living.
It was a picture of grim in Kampar-a rich tin mining town-but all is not lost.
A tin miner in Kampar was determined to revive the town.
He is Tan Sri Hew See Tong who envisioned a modern self- contained town built on ex mining land.
True to the Chinese saying: “We rise from where we fell”, he built Bandar
Baru Kampar meaning Kampar new town.
Today, the town is  an education hub  complete with a private hospital.
An icon’s journey : On May 25, 2022, the hearse carrying Tan Sri Hew See Tong along Jalan Universiti in Bandar Baru Kampar where UTAR,  UTAR Hospital and Westlake International School are located.
It has the trappings of a modern township.
 Hew’s first and big breakthrough was in 2003 when the Kuala Lumpur based Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) opened its Perak branch campus in Bandar Baru Kampar.
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The township got a major boost when Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) opened its main campus there in 2007.
TARC was set up and owned by MCA in 1969, while UTAR is a not for profit private university  owned by UTAR Education Foundation.
Both institutions  were built by public donations, and they were well known for their affordable fees that make tertiary education accessible to the middle and low income groups.
 MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik ( 1986 – 2003) is credited for expan
ding TARC and getting government approval to build a private university (UTAR) in 2001.
Dr Ling and a group of MCA  leaders including Hew took the lead to raise funds for TARC expansion and  building UTAR.
Hew , three-term Kampar Member of Parliament (1995-2008),started  Westlake International School (WIS) in Bandar Baru Kampar in 2013.
And  last month (April) marked another  milestone for Bandar Baru Kampar when UTAR Hospital opened its 100-bed  traditional and complementary medicine department.
Its  250-bed Western Medicine department is scheduled for opening next year.
A fund raising campaign for the hospital is ongoing and Hew was actively raising funds until a few days before he breathed his last.
To complete the story on Kampar, Hew single- handedly designed the Kinta Tin Mining (gravel pump) Museum in Bandar Baru Kampar.
And the scenic lake in Bandar Baru Kampar which is an ex mining pond is testimony to the town’s origins
Picture perfect: The lake is surrounded by development, with the Hew residence fronting it.
A life of dedication that makes a difference to the lives of many, Hew passed away last Sunday (May 22, 2022).
He was 91.
An education icon, Hew is a loving husband, father and grandfather, and a great friend to many from all walks of life.