Pudu Rotary Club's wheelchair donation

Irene Medona

Danny Tan Wee Mun

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 11:24:00



Rotary Club of Pudu



KUALA LUMPUR: To help patients unable to afford wheelchairs, the Rotary Club of Pudu yesterday donated 20 of these essential aids to the Ampang Hospital.



The hospital's Department of Medical Social Works will assign the wheelchairs to needy patients based on demand.



Still, they are not enough and Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat who made the donation for the club urged other corporate bodies and the public to make similar contributions.

CHARITY: (From left) Rotary Club of Pudu president Leong Choy Ying, Rotarian Tam Peng Huat, Ng, Ong and Ampang Hospital vice president (Medical) Dr Roosli Muhamed Salleh with one of the wheelchairs from Rotary Club of Pudu

Commenting on the Rotary Club's "Wheelchair for Poor Patients" project, he said: "I look forward to projects like this and would like to urge other NGOs to join the government sector in serving the needs of local communities."



The idea was the brainchild of former Pudu Rotary Club president Ng Sim Bee, who said: "I visited a friend who was admitted in Ampang Hospital and realised some patients who had difficulty walking, didn't have wheelchairs.



"Upon asking them why, most said they could not afford one."



Ng then called on Pudu Rotary Club members to plan a special project for poor patients.