Can you hear me S.O.S?

I’ve been a busy bee lately, which explains why I haven’t been blogging. I have been working on my (well, Pharmaniaga’s actually) mobile clinic. This is going to be our flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, and I am proud to be working closely with MERCY Malaysia on this project.

Known as Skuad Operasi Sihat or SOS, the mobile clinic project is in tandem with MERCY’s strategic objective, which is to provide timely and quality emergency medical relief response while improving accessibility to quality health services to vulnerable communities.

The mobile clinic is a converted ambulance that will be manned by volunteer doctors and nurses from MERCY, with the assistance from Pharmaniaga volunteers. The most comforting aspect about this mobile clinic, however, is the fact that it is endorsed by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

In summary, SOS is important to Pharmaniaga and its employees as it is a platform for human capital development, to the MOH as it gives a chance to remain as partners in ensuring healthy Malaysia and to the public as it gives unmarginalised access to healthcare. Anyway, I am happy that the launch ceremony my colleagues and I organised was a huge success, with plenty of media coverage including RTM and TV3. Below are some of it:


Kerajaan tanggung RM15j rawat pendatangUtusan Malaysia Online – Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:28...berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Klinik Bergerak milik syarikat Pharmaniaga Berhad di Dataran Labis di sini, hari ini . Turut...

More mobile clinics on the wayTheStar.com.my – Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:51...for the developer to reserve land for clinics,' he said after launching Pharmaniaga's mobile clinic in Labis, Friday. The mobile clinic, part ...

Easier access to healthcare for allBy malaysianmedicine Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said the Cabinet had approved an additional 96 mobile clinics to the present 151. He said the 96 would be introduced in stages over the next three years. Dr Chua said that although the standard ...

Healthcare errors plague Americans (Los Angeles Times)By tapblog2(tapblog2) Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said the Cabinet had approved an additional 96 mobile clinics to the present 151. http://www.bpobay.com/healthcare/Easier-access-to-healthcare-.html. Molina Healthcare completes acquisition of ...

If you would like to be a volunteer in SOS programme, or even with MERCY, let me know.

Remember, most times, priorities are actually public, not personal.