PUTRAJAYA (Sept 13, 2012): Social Care Foundation Malaysia
(SC Foundation) and Taipei Medical University (TMU) Hospital today signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide free medical services for qualified
cardiology patients from Malaysia with acute heart diseases.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said under the MoU, TMU Hospital agreed to provide 10 free medical services for qualified heart patients from Malaysia yearly, for a three year period (30 patients for three years).
"This was excellent services from TMU Hospital to provide free of charge services (operation, treatment, meal and accommodation for patients and their accompanying relatives).
"We also appreciate SC Foundation to take care of the transport fees that will reduce the cost of Malaysians going overseas for operation.
"Not only we reduce congestion in the country but we can strengthen our working relationship with the hospital," he told reporters after the MoU signing ceremony here today.
Liow and SC Foundation Chairman Tan Sri Robert Phang witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.
Liow said in the past Malaysia had been sending about 100 heart patients to Narayana, India per year to reduce congestion and waiting time in the country.
"However, we are actually reducing the number as we have increased the facilities in the country. We have 10 heart centres in the country, four cardio thoracic centres and six cardiology centres.
"We are planning to expand the National Heart Institute's pediatrics’ heart centre as well as another unit of pediatric heart centre in the Serdang Hospital," he added.
Meanwhile, Robert Phang said SC Foundation patients with chronic hearts diseases can apply to the foundation with referral from their attending doctors and submit their application together with their medical history and report.
SC Foundation will pay for the return airfare to Taipei and meal expenses for two accompanying immediate family members of each heart patient receiving treatment in Taipei, he added.
Source : http://www.thesundaily.my/news/488911
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said under the MoU, TMU Hospital agreed to provide 10 free medical services for qualified heart patients from Malaysia yearly, for a three year period (30 patients for three years).
"This was excellent services from TMU Hospital to provide free of charge services (operation, treatment, meal and accommodation for patients and their accompanying relatives).
"We also appreciate SC Foundation to take care of the transport fees that will reduce the cost of Malaysians going overseas for operation.
"Not only we reduce congestion in the country but we can strengthen our working relationship with the hospital," he told reporters after the MoU signing ceremony here today.
Liow and SC Foundation Chairman Tan Sri Robert Phang witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.
Liow said in the past Malaysia had been sending about 100 heart patients to Narayana, India per year to reduce congestion and waiting time in the country.
"However, we are actually reducing the number as we have increased the facilities in the country. We have 10 heart centres in the country, four cardio thoracic centres and six cardiology centres.
"We are planning to expand the National Heart Institute's pediatrics’ heart centre as well as another unit of pediatric heart centre in the Serdang Hospital," he added.
Meanwhile, Robert Phang said SC Foundation patients with chronic hearts diseases can apply to the foundation with referral from their attending doctors and submit their application together with their medical history and report.
SC Foundation will pay for the return airfare to Taipei and meal expenses for two accompanying immediate family members of each heart patient receiving treatment in Taipei, he added.
Source : http://www.thesundaily.my/news/488911
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