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WORLDKIDNEY DAY

2018

Who’s Who @NKF Message From Chief Editor

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NKF DIALYSIS CENTRES TEL NO

Greetings from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Malaysia and Gong Xi

Fa Cai to those celebrating the Lunar New Year festivity.

With time already enveloping one more festivity, we were indeed blessed that

donations had been forthcoming steadily to help us sustain our day-to-day

operations.

We had moved towards a more humane approach with especially our centres

organising more get-togethers amongst our patients, their family members

and staff members to foster closer and warmer rapport so as to minimise the

loneliness and frustrations in coping with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

As an inspiration to the patients and their families, we had even highlighted the

experiences of some who had overcome adversities to not only lead more or

less normal lives, but, had even gone to raise children to achieve higher goals

in life.

Furthermore, in a breakaway move from carrying out mobile health screening

in situ, we had as a pilot project joined hands with MySihat, the Malaysian

Health Promotion Board. Under this scheme, we carried out health screening

operations, while healthcare clinics would follow through from where we left off.

Under these circumstances, those in need of further medical attention would not

be left to their own devices to seek such attention.

Happy reading & cheers.

Dr.Prasad Menon

Chief Editor

1. Pusat Rawatan Dialisis Tuanku Syed Putra - NKF (Kangar). 04-9777411

2. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Superkids Trinity (Alor Setar). 04-7340215

3. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Kelab Lions Alor Star (Alor Setar). 04-7352190

4. Pusat Dialisis Amal FO YI - NKF (Unit I) (Penang). 013-9170722

5. Pusat Dialisis NKF - FO YI (Unit II) (Penang). 04-2828701

6. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Lions, Penang. 04-2101555

7. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Yayasan Dialisis Pertubuhan Pendidikan Akhlak, Taiping. 05-8041633

8. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Yayasan Dialisis Pendidikan Akhlak Perak (Ipoh). 05-3215921

9. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Dato’ Dr. G.A.Sreenevasan (Petaling Jaya). 03-79549048

10. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Rotary Damansara (Batu Caves, Selangor). 03-61371884

11. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Fungates Superflow (Kepong, Kuala Lumpur). 03-62519850

12. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Kelab Apex (Klang). 03-33417009

13. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Nanyang (Setapak, Kuala Lumpur). 03-40217704

14. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Bakti (Klang). 03-33239424

15. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Charis (Cheras). 03-91328193

16. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Good Health (Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur). 03-92813451

17. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Che Luan Khor (Kluang). 07-7765313

18. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Yayasan Pembangunan Keluarga Darul Ta’zim (Johor Bahru). 07-3866164

19. Pusat Dialisis NKF (Kota Bharu). 09-7475834

20. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Kuala Terengganu. 09-6249423

21. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Tun Abdul Razak (Kuantan). 09-5141566

22. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Kidney Association of Sarawak/Rotary (Kuching). 082-240927

23. Pusat Rawatan Dialisis MUIS - NKF (Kota Kinabalu). 088-538532

24. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Yayasan Buah Pinggang Kemaman. 09-8583393

25. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah (Kulim). 04-4080669

26. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Sang Riang (Triang). 09-2505709

27. Pusat Dialisis NKF - Calvary 03-91339452

PATRONYAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul

Razak

BOARD OF GOVERNORSPresident

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Abu Bakar Suleiman

Deputy President

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO

Vice-President

Mr. Lynn Kulasingham

BOARD MEMBERSY. Bhg. Dato’ Lam Peng Chong

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Datuk Clifford F. Herbert

Puan. Suhara Binti Husni

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. R. V. Navaratnam

(Alternate to Y. Bhg. Tan Sri

Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO)

BOARD OF DIRECTORSChairman

Dato’ Dr. Zaki Morad Mohd Zaher

Vice-Chairman

Dr. Thiruventhiran Thilaganathan

Mr. Goh Seng Chuan

Hon. Secretary

Dr. J. D. John

Hon. Treasurer

Mr. Prabakaran a/l A.P. Mukundan

Members

Dr. Prasad Menon

Dr. Lee Wan Tin

Dr. Tan Hee Wu

Mr. Liew Shou Kong

Dato’ William Ng How Hon DIMP, AMP

Dr. Tarcisius Chin

Mr. Maniam Raman Chettiar

EDITORIAL COMMITTEEChief Editor

Dr. Prasad Menon

Ex-Officio

Mr. Chua Hong Wee

Editorial Writers

Datin Shobana Kamalanathan

Teo Say Guan

Kher Pui Ling

National Kidney Foundation Malaysia > 3

WELFARE TRAINING DIETORGAN

DONATIONEVENTSEDUCATION FUNDRAISING

Pusat Dialisis NKF – Yayasan Sultan

Bahiyah (Kulim) Family Day Celebrations

Pusat Dialisis NKF – Yayasan

Sultanah Bahiyah (Kulim) celebrated its

Family Day over a period of 2 days on 8

& 9 November 2017.

Patients and their family members

as well as centre staff participated in

the family day celebrations.

100 individuals participated in each

of the celebrations and patients were

given a goody bag each. Inside the

bags were a small pillow, water bottle

and key chain.

The daily celebrations began with

group photography sessions followed

by the presentation of awards for

the best patients and best-dressed

patients. Buffet lunches comprising an

assortment of food were served at the

end of the best dressed contests.

Madam Lim Cheng Peng and Mr.

Selvaraja s/o Katherason emerged

the best patients. Their selections

were based amongst others on good

diet and fluid control, compliance with

dialysis treatment, achieving the kt/v

target and punctuality in turning up

for dialysis. They were given a food

hamper each.

For best dressed contests, Puan

Norima Bte Ishak and Encik Norazale

Bin Abdul Razak were declared the

winners. They too received a food

hamper each.

22 branded electrical appliances

were won by patients via lucky draws

with 11 won for each day.

NKF thanks all the donors and

sponsors who supported this event.

4 < National Kidney Foundation Malaysia



NKF Training Centre Aims HighNational Kidney Foundation

of Malaysia (NKF) has been

conducting the Post Basic

Haemodialysis (PBHD) Nursing

Programme in its Training Centre

since 2005. The six-month

programme is designed for

registered nurses with minimum

two (2) years clinical working

experience and three (3) months’

experience in haemodialysis. The

programme’s aim has always

been to equip nurses with the

knowledge and competences

to respond effectively to the

demands of the kidney failure

patients.

NKF has invested to provide

a wide range of facilities for the

students of the PBHD Nursing

Programme, so that they will get

the most out of their learning

experience. These facilities that

support teaching-learning activities

include a computer lab, a mock ward

and skill lab, online nursing journals,

additional renal-focused books for

the library and an additional lecture

hall fully equipped with audio visual

equipment. NKF Training Centre has

also completed a curriculum review

which incorporates Core Sciences

such as Basic Medical Sciences,

Behavioural Sciences and Nursing

Sciences.

NKF’s Certificate in PBHD

has been specifically designed to

meet the Nursing Board Malaysia’s

criteria. In order to ensure that

the overall quality of education,

training, learning and assessment

for the PBHD Nursing Programme

is improved and maintained at a

consistently high level, NKF aimed

to get the accreditation for the said

programme from the Malaysian

Qualifications Agency (MQA). The

accreditation visit by the MQA’s

panel of auditors was conducted on

29 and 30 August 2016.

The visit was an assessment

exercise to ascertain that the

teaching, learning and all other

related activities of the PBHD

Nursing programme provided by

NKF have met the quality standards

and are in compliance with the

Malaysian Qualification Framework.

NKF’s hope to attain the MQA

Accreditation of its PBHD Nursing

Programme came through when it

was awarded the Accreditation with

effect from 31 July 2017.

With this accreditation, more

haemodialysis nurses and their

employers will begin to recognise

the worth of NKF’s Post Basic

Haemodialysis Nursing Programme.


Patients’ and Caregivers’ Activity:

“Taking Care of YOU”by Ms. Kher Pui Ling, NKF Dietitian



Two modules were presented at the programme as follows: -

1. Patients’ Safety; and 2. Jom! Live Positively

With regard to patients’ safety, the presentation was made by Puan Siti Noor Fauziah, the NKF Risk Assistant Manager. The talk covered a patient’s role in self-care management covering two aspects, which are health management (diet and medicine adherence, adequate dialysis treatment and effective communication with healthcare providers) and infection control (hygience, in-centre infection control, and disaster prepareness).

In the case of the motivational

talk which was presented by Puan

Fadillah Hanim Ariff, a registered

pschologist and counselor, she

touched on how the patient/

caregiver copes with life in relation to

dialysis and the importance of social

support especially from the loved

ones.

To enliven the programme,

a “Kidney Friendly Breakfast

Competition” was held with the main

purpose to engage the patients

and their care-givers in a fun and

interative atmosphere.

To make the competition more exciting and challenging, the patients and their care-givers had to answer diet-related questions at the game station to get food ingredients and cooking utensils.

The breakfast prepared was

consequently judged among other criteria on taste, presentation, hygiene, nutrition content and teamwork.

NKF thanked all the volunteers and staff members from Pusat Rawatan Dialisis Tuanku Syed Putra -NKF (Kangar) for the success in organizing the programme.

Patients’ and Caregivers’ Activity: “Taking Care of YOU” was an educational programme jointly organized by the Public Education and Welfare Departments of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Malaysia for the patients and care-givers of Pusat Rawatan Dialisis Tuanku Syed Putra -NKF (Kangar) on 10 December 2017.

The programme held at the dialysis centre was aimed to:

1. Educate on patients’ self-care management;

2. Motivate/inspire patients to live positively.

3. Engage patients and caregivers in a fun and interative way on the diet management.




The Ups & Downs Of Life

A person’s character is greatly influenced and moulded by the circumstances he has undergone in life. These are what that have enabled Alwi Bin Yaacob to weather his fortunes up till now.

Alwi was born and raised in Ulu Yam Baru, Selangor, to a smallholder’s family of 3 children. For the initial five years in his life, he enjoyed a care-free life until his mother passed away. Thereafter, he had to fend much for himself with his father who never re-married toiling to provide sustenance for both of them, while two older siblings had grown up and left the small town in search of their fortunes.

After completing his secondary school education, he started working and was heading for a bright future with a good job as a marketing executive but was involved in 1977 with a bad accident which killed his colleague.

of feeling nauseous and having headaches. He was immediately referred to Hospital Selayang where he was warded and subject to a series of laboratory tests. The medical tests confirmed that both his kidneys had failed. He was immediately placed on haemodialysis and his condition improved tremendously.

However, he was advised by the hospital authorities to have his dialysis done in the long term at one of the dialysis centres.

His son after surveying the different dialysis centres applied for him to be placed at Pusat Dialisis NKF – Dato’ Dr. G. A. Sreenevasan (Petaling Jaya) and he was within a short-while admitted.

He is thankful to have his dialysis at the centre saying, “It is indeed a great joy for me to be receiving dialysis in NKF where I have been well taken care of by the staff and

Arising from the accident, he was assigned to a lighter job which involved less travelling. Since then, he began to suffer from bouts of illnesses, requiring frequent visits to government clinics with the result that he left his job to become self-employed as a contractor.

With no end to his visits to the government clinic and as age was catching up he succumbed to diabetes in 2005 at the age of 58.

Ultimately, in December 2010 in one of his visits to the clinic in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, the doctor in attendance came across swelling of his stomach and legs after hearing him complain

treated with great friendship by fellow patients”.

Other than the inconvenience of having to undergo dialysis for four hours per session for three times a week, he does not find any change in the social behavior of his friends who visit him off and on.

On top of it all, his family though initially saddened by his affliction by the disease has taken it in its stride. Further, his daughter-in-law successfully in 2016 secured financial assistance from Baitulmal to pay for the cost of dialysis.

Today at the age of 70 he has fully retired and is happy with his hobbies of planting orchids

in addition to enjoying doing light household chores.

Kidney transplant can be a long-term solution for many kidney patients. Unfortunately, 21,759 people are currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant with the number of kidney failure patients increasing every year. For many of these patients, organ donation has made finding suitable donors difficult.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Malaysia has launched an organ donation promotion unit at Sunway Pyramid with the support of Sunway Group.

Members of the public who wish to pledge their organs can contact the National Transplant Resource Centre (NTRC) for more information or to pledge their organs. The NTRC can be reached by calling 03 – 2681 0681/2, Toll Free: 1800-88-9080 or by emailing [email protected].




NKF 2018

World Kidney Day Celebrations In conjunction of World Kidney

Day (WKD) 2018, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Malaysia held its Open Day on 8 March 2018 at its Resource Centre.

The day began with a Bollywood Fitness Dance involving over 50 participants including the staff of the NKF Secretariat under the guidance of Mr. Kirenjit Singh, the Bahangra Dance Master.

Amongst the items in the day’s

dire need of organ including kidney transplants in order to have a new lease of life.

Optimax Eye Specialist Centre Sdn Bhd carried out eye examination, while Medi Diastika Sdn Bhd had a booth to sell its medical consumables.

Apart from these, talks were also organized with one conducted by Encik Nizam Bin Yusof, the Consultancy Manager of Medi Diastika Sdn Bhd who spoke about

itinerary was a free health screening by a NKF mobile health screening team for both members of the public as well as Foundation’s staff. Tests on blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol were available followed by counselling on the appropriate action to pursue in taking good care of health.

At the same time, an organ donation campaign was held to encourage the public to pledge to donate their organs to those in

talked on “Supplements, Women and Kidney Health” to highlight the importance of women’s health particularly in respect of the kidneys. This talk was thus in tune with the 2018 WKD’s theme of “Include, Value, Empower”.

At the end of the Open Day 2018, response to the health screening and talks was pretty encouraging with more than 100 persons having their health screened and over 70 people attending the talks.

the benefits of taking care of health.Since this year called for

affordable and equitable access to health education, healthcare and prevention for kidney diseases for all women and girls in the world, a talk as regards the health of women especially in relation to kidneys was held.

In this regard Dr. Nor Fadhlina Binti Zakaria of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)




Collaboration In Health Screening Under

Enhanced Primary Healthcare (EnPHC)

During the months of July

& September 2017 – January

2018, NKF carried out a joint

pilot health screening exercise

called Enhanced Primary

Healthcare at various locations

in Selangor and Johor. This

exercise was brought to

fruition by the Malaysia Health

Promotion Board (MySihat).

Under this exercise, the NKF

mobile health screening teams

carried out the preliminary

health checks either onboard

the buses of the health check

teams or on the grounds near

the clinics. These checks

covered essentially blood

pressure readings, urine

tests for diabetes and kidney

diseases and measurements

in body mass indices, all of

which were rounded up with

counselling. Those individuals

after undergoing such tests

and readings which were

considered abnormal were

referred to the medical

personnel at the clinics, who

would take follow-up tests to

confirm as to whether such

persons were afflicted with

diabetes and hypertension

which are the precursors of

chronic kidney disease. By

so doing, the progression in

chronic kidney disease would

remain stagnant or be slowed

down leading thus to less

people being afflicted with

CKD.

Following the collaboration,

three mobile health screening

teams in Selangor and Johor,

each comprising 7 persons

were deployed at the various

locations of the states

concerned.

Arising from the

collaborative exercise over the

six-month period, the NKF

mobile health screening teams

checked the health condition of

1,452 persons, making thereby

under this pilot scheme prompt

confirmation and treatment for

kidney diseases or ailments.


In November 2017, a woman of

60 holding a bouquet of flowers stood

elegantly beside a girl with a mortar

board and red gown, clutching three

bouquets of flowers at the grounds of

Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang.

The lady was Madam Beng Chu

Soon with her only child and daughter,

Seow Wen Li, who was born in 1993

when Madam Beng was helping to

supplement the family income with her

job as an operator in a factory in Penang.

However, with the winds of economic

downturn in the manufacturing sector

blowing in Penang in 1994, Madam

Beng soon found herself joining the line

of retrenched workers and without much

headway became a housewife, while her

husband worked as a contractor. From

then onwards, the family eased through

the routine of life until 1996 when

Madam Beng often experienced bouts

of tiredness and had to seek medical

treatment.

As a consequence, she had to

undergo a series of tests which in

1997 conclusively confirmed that her

two kidneys had failed. She, therefore,

had to undergo haemodialysis and was

consequently for her life-long treatment

of the disease admitted to Pusat Dialisis

NKF- Kelab Lions Alor Setar, where she

has been a patient since.

When she was stricken by the

chronic kidney disease, her daughter

was only 4 years. Since Madam Beng,

her mother and her siblings were

closely knitted they helped to look

after the daughter, while financial

assistance from SOCSO in the

form of “pencen ilat” for RM700 a

month partly covers the cost of her

dialysis.

As her child was growing, she

had to attend school, while Madam

Beng had to go for her dialysis.

Madam Beng would send the girl to

school and on days when she had

her dialysis her friends and siblings

would help in getting the child home

from school.

For her financially strapped

family, Madam Beng was able to

cope while her husband carried on his

contractor’s work.

However, sadly while their lives were

on even keel, Madam Beng’s husband

was killed in 2007 in a motor accident.

Already undergoing hardship and

starved of money, the sole breadwinner

of the household was gone.

With the daughter in secondary

school, Madam Beng’s siblings and

mother stepped up their efforts in helping

her and the child. The child grew up to

be obedient and well-behaved and did

well academically.

With costs of living going up and

higher expenses incurred especially for

the daughter in upper secondary school,

the daughter resorted to providing tuition

to obtain money to pay partly for both

Madam Beng’s and her own sustenance.

Ultimately, with her good results,

Seow Wen Li was able to secure a

place in Universiti Putra Malaysia and to

finance her university education she was

able to obtain a PTPTN study loan.

To-date, Madam Beng together with

the assistance from her relatives, friends

and organisations can proudly announce

that in the face of multiple whammies

she has successfully raised a self-reliant

child to face her own world.

The Joy In Overcoming Adversities




Western Digital Foundation Malaysia

Donated RM115,000 To NKF

On 29 November 2017, Puan

Wan Zailena Binti Mohd Noordin, the

Senior Human Resource Director

– International Human Resource of

Western Digital (M) Sdn Bhd on behalf

of Western Digital Foundation Malaysia

handed over a mock cheque for

RM115,000 to Mr. Chua Hong Wee,

the Chief Executive Officer of NKF.

The money was contributed by

Western Digital Foundation Malaysia

specifically for the “Children’s

Education Welfare Fund” of NKF, which

in turn provides financial assistance to

the children of NKF’s patients studying

in primary and secondary schools

as well as colleges and universities.

The assistance is in the payments of

expenses before the commencement of

the terms of the education institutions.

Such expenses cover fees, school

uniforms, shoes, bags, books and

stationery.

The donation helped to ease a

substantial burden for many of the

households of patients a majority of

whom are not gainfully employed and

at one time were sole breadwinners of

their families.

NKF sincerely thanks everyone for

the actualisation of the donation by the

Western Digital Foundation.






NKF Received 2 Dialysis Machines From

Marriott Worldwide Business Councils

Malaysia

On 30 November 2017, Mr. Greg

Gubiani, the General Manager of Aloft

Kuala Lumpur Sentral (AKLS) on behalf

of the Mariott Worldwide Business

Councils Malaysia presented NKF

with 2 haemodialysis machines and

a mock cheque for RM8,182.83. The

presentation was at a ceremony at

AKLS premises.

Mr. Chua Hong Wee, the Chief

Executive Officer of the National

Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Malaysia

received the donations on behalf of the

Foundation.

The 2 machines and the money

were the result of the fundraising efforts

spearheaded by AKLS in organising

the “Run To Give 2017”, which was

further examinations with government

or private medical facilities.

As to the donated machines, one

had been placed in Pusat Dialisis

NKF – Fungates Superflow (Kepong,

Kuala Lumpur) and the other in Pusat

Rawatan Dialisis MUIS -NKF (Kota

Kinabalu). With regard to RM8,182.83,

the money was channelled towards the

maintenance of the dialysis machines.

NKF thanks the Marriot Worldwide

Business Councils Malaysia and in

particular AKLS for making it possible

through their tireless and generous

efforts to provide the material and

money assistance to the Foundation.

held at the University of Malaya (MU)

Arena Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on 24

September 2017.

NKF was made the sole beneficiary

from the proceeds raised at the run

which included the sales of t-shirts.

In addition, a NKF mobile health

screening was present at the grounds

of the run to carry out free health

examination involving amongst others

measurement for blood pressure, urine

tests for diabetes and body mass index

measurement, which were rounded

with counselling on such readings and

measurements so that those who had

been found to have high readings and

measurement were advised to seek




This year marked the 7th and 8th

dialysis machines donated to the

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of

Malaysia by our generous donor, Mr.

Ong Kan Bin. The machines had been

placed in Pusat Dialisis NKF-Apex

(Klang).

The handover ceremony of the

machines was held on 5 February 2018

at the centre. Mr. Chua Hong Wee, the

NKF Chief Executive Officer, was on

hand to receive the 2 machines from

Mr. Ong Kan Bin.

v) Dato’ Low Kam Tong,

Vice President of Combined

Association of Klang

Residence; and

vi) Mr. Boon Kok Choon,

Chairman of Combined


Residence.

Our deepest gratitude goes to Mr.

Ong Kan Bin for his continuous trust in

and support for NKF.

The presentation was witnessed

by:-

i) Mr. Edgar Harding, Assistant

Secretary of the Berkeley

Association;

ii) Mr. Ker Loo Yee, Adviser of

Klang Association;

iii) Puan Ngian Yoke Mooi,

Klang Town Councillor;

iv) Dato’ Tan Hock Guan,

President of Combined


Residence;

Mr. Ong Kan Bin Did It Again




Harlow’s & MGI Sdn Bhd Gifted NKF

With A Dialysis Machine

On 30 January 2018, Mr. Chua

Hong Wee, the Chief Executive Officer

of the National Kidney Foundation

(NKF) of Malaysia received a new

dialysis machine from Encik Shaharudin

Othman, the Chief Executive Officer

of Harlow’s & MGI Sdn Bhd (HGMI)

at Pusat Dialisis NKF-Dato’ GA

Sreenevasan (Petaling Jaya).

This machine replaced one of the

older ones in Pusat Dialisis NKF – Dato’

Dr. G.A. Sreenevasan (Petaling Jaya).

NKF Malaysia would like to extend

our heartfelt gratitude for the generous

and timely gift.

Corporate Social Responsibility

(CSR) has been an integral part of their

work culture. HGMI donated their first

dialysis machine to NKF in 2014 and

this was placed in Pusat Dialisis NKF-

Nanyang (Setapak).

This year, they donated a second

dialysis machine in aid of NKF.




Madam Ong Siew Kee Donated A

Haemodialysis Machine To NKF

On 20 January 2018, NKF received

the donation of a haemodialysis

machine at a handover ceremony at

Pusat Dialisis NKF – Charis (Cheras).

The presentation climaxed with the

placing of the plaque on the machine

by Madam Ong Siew Kee with the

assistance of her sons.

On behalf of the Foundation, Mr.

Chua thanked Mr. Raymond H.H. Ng,

her son, and other members of her

family for being instrumental in making

it possible for the donation of the

machine.

The machine was placed at the

same centre where the presentation

had occurred.

The plaque indicates that the

machine was donated by Madam

Ong on 12 September 2017, which

the family commemorated as the

anniversary of the passing of the

patriarch of the family.

To receive the machine was Mr.

Chua Hong Wee, the Chief Executive

Officer of NKF.

Toyota Tsusho (M) Sdn Bhd Donated Again To NKFOn 16 January 2018, Toyota

Tsusho (M) Sdn Bhd’s adviser, Mr.

Chong Kah Ying, presented a mock

cheque amounting to RM9,648.00

to the Chief Executive Officer of the

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

of Malaysia, Mr. Chua Hong Wee.

The presentation ceremony was

witnessed by the corporate social

responsibility working committee

members of the company.

The donation was used to

purchase two types of medical

equipment which were placed in two

dialysis centres of NKF in Penang.

A defribillator AED with an adult

pad was placed at Pusat Dialisis

Amal Fo Yi - NKF (Unit I) Penang and

the other, an oxygen concentrator

(Airsep Newlife Elite) was placed

in Pusat Dialisis NKF Fo Yi (Unit II)

Penang.

NKF Malaysia extends its sincere

thanks for the continuous support

and generous gifts from Toyota

Tsusho (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.




Early Christmas Gift From

The Subang Jaya Assembly of GodOn 16 November 2017, Datin

Shobana Kamalanathan, the

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

of Malaysia Head of Branding,

Communications and Fundraising

received a mock cheque

amounting to RM15,000 on behalf

of NKF from Reverend Wong Yin

Ming of the Subang Jaya Assembly

of God.

NKF was one of the 3 selected

beneficiaries from the church

Charity Funfair 2017 held on 15

October 2017. This generous

amount was raised from the

coupon sales for the event.

Visitors not only had the chance

to taste a wide variety of food and

beverages at the food stalls in the

fair, but were also presented with

lots of merchandise, accessories

and souvenirs from the other

booths. Besides these, there were

a health check and blood donation

drive available on site as well.

NKF is very grateful to the

Subang Jaya Assembly of God for

its generosity and caring heart for

the poor and needy patients under

NKF’s care.

Rumbling Into Charity

On a sunny Saturday morning of 9 December

2017, a group of Harley-Davidson riders rumbled

onto the grounds of National Kidney Foundation

(NKF) of Malaysia headquarters, all for a good

cause.

The Kelab Motorsikal Helang Malaysia,

commonly known as HTC MC successfully raised

RM38,500 to purchase a Dialysis Machine for

NKF. The dialysis machine was presented by the

founding committee member, Mr. Tou G, to NKF

CEO Mr. Chua Hong Wee witnessed by the rest of

the members present.

After 5 years of riding Harley-

Davidsons, the club continues

its charitable work with the

contribution of a dialysis machine

to NKF, which will inevitably help

the needy.

This motorcycle club was

formed by a small group of riding

friends who were passionate

about riding Harley-Davidsons.

Through the regular rides

and charity events, the bond

of friendship and brotherhood

within HTC MC remains strong.

We would like to extend our

heartfelt gratitude to The Kelab

Motorsikal Helang Malaysia for

its generous and charitable heart

in aid of the National Kidney

Foundation of Malaysia.

NKF’s TOP 5 FUNDRAISERS

Cheers to our top 5 fundraisers. We are proud to present to you

NKF is pleased to announce our Top 5 fundraisers for the 4th Quarter of 2017. This appreciation recognises the hard

work and outstanding performance of our fundraisers to raise funds for NKF. We salute them for the efforts they have

taken in helping our dialysis patients.

YAYASAN BUAH PINGGANG KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF MALAYSIA PPM-002-10-12021969

70, Jalan 14/29, 46100, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Hotline: 1300-88-3110

Tel: 03-7954 9048/49 Fax: 03-7954 0535

Web: www.nkf.org.my

Direct Debit Donor Programme (DDDP)

October - December 2017

Our sincere gratitude to all DDDP donors who have supported us through this programme. Your contribution gives hope and provides our patients a second chance to live.

We would also like to extend our appreciation to the following organizations for supporting us by providing complimentary booth space for our road shows from the months of October to December 2017.

Aeon Tebrau City Shopping Centre, Johor

Bintang Megamall, Sarawak

Damansara Specialist Hospital, Selangor

Hospital Ampang, Selangor

Hospital Pulau Pinang, Penang

Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kelantan

Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Perak

Hospital Sri Manjung, Perak

Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor

Hospital Sultanah Fatimah, Johor

Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu

Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Najihah, Negeri Sembilan

Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Hospital USM, Kelantan

KTMB Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur

Kulim Technology Park Corporation Bhd, Kedah

Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA),

Selangor

Metro Specialist Hospital, Kedah

Star Media Group Berhad, Selangor

TNB - Bandar Perda, Penang

Vivacity Megamall, Sarawak

Thusshalaan

Saravanan

Shammini

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