Monday, February 8, 2010

Medical Lecture by Dr. Shan Ong


On the 4th of February 2010, we had the privilege of having Dr. Shan Ong, a Consultant Pediatrician, specializing in Child Development from Sydney, Australia come to speak to us! He uses his medical skills to help the underprivileged in many parts of the world. He is also member of Hillsong Church, Sydney.

The title of his lecture was 'Early Developmental Warning Signs in Infants and Young Children.' He spoke at the RSMU Lecture Hall to about 100 medical students from RSMU and MMA that cold Thursday morning. He spoke about disorders Autism and ADHD. His lecture was concise, interesting and informative, getting the attention of all students despite some of them being only in their first years of medical school.

All in all, we learnt alot about childhood developmental disorders, and students were yearning to learn more, so they asked alot of interesting questions too! We were all blessed to have such a great doctor and Man of God sharing with us that day. His life and career is an inspiration and example to us all!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Directions to Renaissance Hotel, venue of Winter Conference!

Medical Relief to Haiti (Report)

On 12th January 2010, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated the capital of Haiti, affecting the lives of more than 2 million people. An estimated 200,000 are believed to be dead, hundreds of thousands injured, and over a million people left homeless.


Upon receiving a call to volunteer to help the needy people of Haiti, Dalvin and I immediately decided to seize the opportunity to lend a helping hand to those who were affected by the catastrophe. With just a few days to prepare, and with the help of our team, we packed whatever supplies we could get our hands on and embarked on a mission to bring aid and relief to the Haitian people.


On 25th January 2010, we departed from Moscow and joined the City Care Team 3 in Paris before flying 9 hours to Santo Domingo and taking an 8 hour bus ride, past the border into the town of Carrefour, Haiti. With all the TV coverage and vast photos and videos on the internet, it still could not prepare us for what we saw with our own eyes, heard with our own ears, smelt with our own noses or felt with our own hearts upon entering the quake-struck country. The stench of death greeted our senses, houses and all kinds of buildings were reduced to rubble, thousands of people living in makeshift tents in the open fields or streets, children crying and signs were planted all over the city with the words: We need help, food and water. Children and adults who lost their families adopted one another. With each passing vehicle with foreign people, the eyes of the Hatians glimmered with hope amidst all the despair. It was indeed a sight that could break ever person’s heart.


Upon arrival in the afternoon, we immediately checked into base camp. After a short briefing by our team leader, we started work straight away, attending to the injured and the sick. With a total of 3 doctors, 2 nurses, 2 relief workers and 2 medical students, our team linked up with a group of American firefighters and local volunteers to care for the people in the surrounding area.



We worked everyday from 8 am to 6 pm at our medical facility located in a theatre with an average of 300 people per day lining up to receive treatment. Cases ranged from dehydrated babies, wound infections, lacerations, fractures, hip dislocations, gun shot wounds to the common cold. There was even a boy who lined up the whole day just to come in to request for a bottle of water. On day 1 itself, Dalvin and the group of firefighters successfully rescued an abandoned man on the street, wounded, dehydrated and left to die. The team also visited and cared for orphans who lost their parents in the earthquake. They were all left homeless and had to live in the open as they had to place to go to. In the course of our few days there, we managed to set up a 2nd mobile medical clinic a few blocks away where there was a great need for medication and treatment. Individuals in the area who could not travel far flocked to the mobile clinic for the necessary care. In total, our team managed to meet the medical needs of more than 1,700 people.


This trip with City Care was very rewarding as we learned so much about life in just a span of 10 days. Just when we thought that we were there to be a blessing to the people, we instead were even more blessed by them as they taught us life lessons we would never forget. Their resilience and their ability to move on with life really proved to us that losses or failures are never fatal. The things we saw and experienced also really taught us to truly value the things in life and to count our blessings. The Haitian volunteers, many of whom suffered great losses, taught us character as they worked hard and selflessly helped in the tedious setting up, security, drug arrangements and translation.


On Sunday, we attended a church service in Haiti and we were amazed to see the people rejoice in God in the midst of suffering. It was evidence that even when you have lost everything and have nothing, Jesus really is more than enough for you. I think it was best said by a writing on one of the walls of the house we stayed in: “It doesn’t matter where you’re planted because it depends on how you respond to the nourishing. The poorest of poor spots can bring the sweetest of sweet fruits.”


This mission trip to Haiti has really been an eye opening experience for the both of us and we are very thankful to God. We also thank all of you who have prayed and supported us throughout this period of time. Indeed, God can really exceed all our expectations!


written by,

Herman

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Medical Lecture by Dr. Shan Ong

Dear friends,

On the 4th of February 2010, from 10.00am to 11.30am, we will be having a Medical Lecture, in which Dr. Shan Ong, Paediatrician from Australia will be giving a lecture on Basic Paediatrics.

This lecture will be held in the RSMU Lecture Hall 1.

To get there, take bus 295 or 712 heading from Metro Konkovo to RSMU University.
If you need directions, please contact Angeline Yap at +7926 475 2448 or Leong May Shi +79266366195.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

MF in Haiti



Students join team to provide medical care for quake victims

By YUEN MEIKENG

PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian medical students have been deployed to Haiti to offer help to the earthquake victims.

Dalvinder Singh Harinder Singh and Herman Jana Mulok, who are final-year medical students at the Moscow Medical Academy, are part of a team assembled by non-profit organisation CityCare that arrived yesterday.

When contacted, Dalvinder and Herman, both 24, said they could not “just sit down and do nothing” when they saw the catastrophe in Haiti, following the earthquake on Jan 12.

“When this opportunity arose, we volunteered to assist in providing medical care and meet the needs of the Haitian people. We just want to do our best to bring hope and change lives,” said Herman.

CityCare manager Chang Mui Lin said the team was led by its chief executive officer David Oh.

Chang added the organisation decided to send the team to Haiti after they were informed that there was enough medical supplies but insufficient medical personnel to administer them.

“When such large scale tragedies occur, Western countries are usually the first to come forward and offer help even though they strike in far away countries, like in the Padang earthquake.

“So even though Haiti is far from Malaysia, we want to follow that example and contribute as much as possible,” she said.

Chang said the organisation planned to send three more teams on Friday, Feb 3 and Feb 8 respectively and was currently seeking volunteers to be part of the teams.

Each team would spend 10 days in Haiti to deliver medical aid.

Those who want to volunteer to be in CityCare’s medical team may contact Chang at 03-5634 7573 or email her at muilinchang@citycare.my.



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