Sabah judiciary staff show they care
Published on: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: Christmas becomes more meaningful when it is filled with humanitarian touch, according to Tan Sri Richard Malanjun, the Chief of Justice of Malaysia when he led a group from the Sabah judiciary to visit children ward at Likas Hospital on Sunday.The visit was also joined by the High Court judges of Sabah and Sarawak.He said coming back to humanity is the best gift to another person. It would be a great significance when one person is able to spend his/ her time putting some happiness into another person's life, of which he said is humane and compassionate.
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He said people, especially the authorities, need to realise the fact that there are issues to be acknowledged on the ground level."Forget the world, forget what is happening up there. Let's concentrate on what's happening down below. There is so much to be done and we need to do something about it. There are people suffering down there and let us pull in together our efforts and might to help lessen their predicament and lift up their spirit to live," stressed Malanjun.He instructed his taskforce (Kota Kinabalu judiciary) to make frequent visits to hospitals to get in touch directly with those who are suffering from ailments, to get to know what their needs are in terms of welfare especially on documentation issues.
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'We cannot make a blind eye to these people. They are already in vulnerable state and we should be easing their burden by dropping by to see them personally.We want to know if they are having problem with documentations such as birth certificates or identification cards and so on.
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Let us be human again by spending our time to be with the ones who needed our support at this moment," he said.He said visitors should not "bring" their status when seeing patients after all, all they (children) need is to feel loved and appreciated. He advised to let go of everything in material and just do the right thing seeing people who just want to feel good and be happy. He said a humble visit would lead to better self-esteem in a sick person.The entourage was met by Director of Women and Children Clinic, Likas Hospital Dr Tan Bee Hwai together with Dr. Brandon Patrick Senagang, the paediatric medical officer.Dr Tan informed that so far children are warded suffer from various ailments. "We have cases of infectious diseases such as lung infection-pneumonia, food poisoning-diarrhoea, premature babies - less than 1.5 kg, jaundice babies, leukaemia, appendicitis, thalassemia, fracture of bone due to fall, asthma, dengue fever, tuberculosis," Tan disclosed.He cited other cases are children being abused and neglected.He said on average, over 40 cases they see in a day, two would not be having documentations.He said bringing smile and happiness to every sick child would somehow help ease them in some ways. He was thankful with the visit and great concern from Tan Sri Richard personally on seeing the predicament faced by the families of the children who are warded.The visitors sang Carols songs in each wards and distributed gifts to the children and pregnant mothers.Dr Tan also disclosed that there is school within the hospital by the Ministry of Education for patients absent from school due to admission in the hospital."It has been operating for 4 years now and there are 20-25 students of various education levels.There are nine teachers provided by the Ministry of Education.This was the brainchild of Yayasan Nuraini, the foundation of Datuk Nuraini, the wife of our Minister of Home Affairs Tan Sri Muyhiddin Yassin," Tan revealed.He said over the last four years, more than 600 children had benefited from the school (within the hospital).As for the roles of non-governmental organisations who Tan described as the stakeholders, it complimented well the gaps of needs of the patients to improve their emotional and mental status. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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