List of Donations/financial Contributions by the Neuroscience Foundation of Malaysia
| No | Date | To Whom | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18.01.2010 | Prof. Dr. Wong Kam Thong, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences | Financial assistance to part-sponsor cost of air-fare (Philadelphia/Amsterdam / Kuala Lumpur) in bringing over Prof Jeffrey Golden, Pathologist-in-chief, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA, to conduct an academic programme in the Klang Valley from 17th March to 19th March, 2010, in the areas of Paediatric brain tumour, Pathology of neuro-development and Ischaemic encephalopathy | 5,000.00 |
| 2 | 13.05.2010 | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, P.O. Box 299, London WC1H9TD | Subscription to “Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry” for one (1) year (June 2010 to May 2011). The journals are to be donated to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital library for the benefit of Neurospecialists working in the hospital in terms of knowledge enhancement in the latest techniques and technologies in the fields of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. | 2,989.38 |
| 3 | 23.07.2010 | Kuala Lumpur Mental Health Conference | Financial contribution to Chairman of Organising Committee, “The 7th Kuala Lumpur Mental Health Conference” to mitigate costs in organising the conference from 26th to 28th July, 2010 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre | 5,000.00 |
| 4 | 24.09.2010 | Mr. Hasnurashid Harun, Physiotherapist, Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital | Being “consultant’s fee” for preparing a concept paper on “Rehabilitation Centre for Neuropatients” | 1,000.00 |
| 5 | 16.11.2010 | Mdm. Yee Yit Cheng, Matron, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to sponsor ten(10) Nurses @ RM800.00 per person to attend the “1st Asian Neurosurgical Nursing Congress” from 22nd to 24th November, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre | 8,000.00 |
| 6 | 15.12.2010 | Head, Department of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase one(1) unit of “Patient Bedside Monitor” for the Neurological ward, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, to monitor vital signs of critically ill patients | 35,000.00 |
| 7 | 15.12.2010 | National Mental Health Registry, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial contribution to the ‘National Mental Health Registry’, to train ‘Site Coordinators’ to collect data on major psychiatric cases for purposes of analysis and publication into reports on “Schizophrenia” | 28,000.00 |
| 8 | 22.02.2011 | Epilepsy Council of Malaysia | Financial contribution to assist it in running its Epilepsy awareness programmes | 5,000.00 |
| 9 | 11.05.2011 | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, P.O. Box 299, London WC1H9TD | Subscription to ‘Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry’ for one (1) year (June 2011 to May 2012). These journals are to be donated to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital library for reference by doctors and specialists | 3,400.97 |
| 10 | 07.09.2011 | Dr. Azmi Alias, Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to part-sponsor his attendance at the “39th Annual Conference of International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery” at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Goa, India, from 16th to 21st October, 2011 | 3,000.00 |
| 11 | 07.09.2011 | Matron Yee Yit Cheng, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to part-sponsor her attendance at the “39th Annual Conference of International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery” at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Goa, India, from 16th to 20th October, 2011 | 3,000.00 |
| 12 | 09.12.2011 | Dr. Raja Juanita Raja Lope, Associate Professor & Consultant Development Paediatrician, UKM Medical Centre | Sponsorship of air-fare of two(2) foreign speakers in the sum of RM5,000.00 each to facilitate their travel to Malaysia to conduct a “Practical Course on the Autism Diagnostic & Observation Schedule (ADOS)” from 5th to 9th December, 2011 in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. They are Dr. Vicky Slonims, Honorary Senior Lecturer with Kings College, England, and Dr. Maretha De Jonge, Assistant Professor of Child Psychology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands | 10,000.00 |
| 13 | 16.05.2012 | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, P.O. Box 299, London WC1H9TD |
Subscription to “Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry” for one (1) year (June 2012 to May 2013). These journals are to be donated to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital library for reference by doctors and specialists | 3,751.25 |
| 14 | 12.12.2012 | Head, Department of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase four (4) units of “Wall Suction Regulators” priced at RM11,800.00 (2,950.00 per unit) for its Neurological ward. These Regulators help in the nursing process of patients on ventilatory support to mitigate breathing problems of critically-ill patients in the Neurological ward | 11,800.00 |
| 15 | 28.06.2013 | National Mental Health Registry, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Donation to the ‘National Mental Health Registry’, whose function is to collect data on patients suffering from “Schizophrenia” [a severe mental condition (disorder)], which can be applied to assist in research into the disease, the outcome of which are compiled into reports for the benefit of doctors, health care planners, etc. as useful reference materials | 10,000.00 |
| 16 | 01.07.2013 | Dr. Fadzlishah Johanabas bin Rosli, 3rd year Masters in Neurosurgery candidate, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to part-sponsor his attendance at the “41st Annual Meeting, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery” at Electoral Palace, Maine, Germany. From 29th September to 3rd October, 2013 | 4,000.00 |
| 17 | 25.07.2013 | Tricor Business Services Sdn. Bhd. | Being consultant’s fee for preparing a working paper on “Neuro Rehabilitation Centre” | 5,000.00 |
| 18 | 24.09.2013 | Malaysian Society of Epilepsy | Financial assistance to promote Epilepsy awareness among teachers and students, by way of producing posters on the subject for distribution to 100 primary and secondary schools in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. | 3,000.00 |
| 19 | 24.09.2013 | Ms. Satiapoorany Subramaniam, Nursing Tutor, UKM Medical Centre | Financial assistance to part-sponsor her attendance at the “41st Annual Meeting, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery” at Maine, Germany, from 29th September to 3rd October, 2013 | 3,000.00 |
| 20 | 25.07.2013 to 05.09.2014 |
Expenses for setting-up the ‘Neuroscience Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) | Rental of ground-floor of 3-storey shop office at No. B11-G, Jalan MPL 3, Off Jalan Merdeka, 68000 Ampang, Selangor to house our NRC:- (i) Renovation: RM70,821.00; (ii) Monthly rental of premises @ RM3,500.00 for 9 months (April 2014 to December 2014): RM31,500.00. | 102,321.00 |
| 21 | 03.06.2015 | Ms. Chen Wai Kuan, Nurse, Assunta Hospital, Jalan Templer, 46990 Petaling Jaya, Selangor | Sponsorship of air-fare (KL/Kuching/KL) to attend “ANZAN-ASEPA 2015 (EEG course)” in General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, on 7th and 8th August, 2015 | 1,000.00 |
| 22 | 07.09.2015 | Dr. Shanthi Viswanathan, Consultant Neurologist, HKL, Development Chairman, CPG on Management of Multiple Sclerosis | Financial assistance for the following purposes: (i) to print copies of the “Quick Reference: CPG on Management of Multiple Sclerosis” for guidance of medical officers in the treatment of patients suffering from the disease; and (ii) to launch the programme on “CPG on Management of Multiple Sclerosis” at a function to be organised by the Ministry of Health sometime in early 2016 | 5,000.00 |
| 23 | 03.02.2016 | Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, c/o Dept of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya | Partial sponsorship of air-fare and accommodation for Prof. Dr Arie Perry, Dept of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, USA, who is invited to conduct a “Brain Tumour Workshop” in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, on 18th & 19th April, 2016 | 4,000.00 |
| 24 | 06.09.2017 | Malaysian Society of Neurosciences | Financial assistance to the ‘Epilepsy Council’ to conduct an “Epilepsy Teaching Course” from 29.09.2017 to 01.10.2017 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah | 10,000.00 |
| 25 | 06.09.2017 | Head, Department of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase “Venaflow Elite System, International (with Battery)” for the Neurological ward, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. This equipment prevents immobile (lying in bed) patients from developing “Deep Vein Thrombosis” at the legs, which can give rise to “Acute Pulmonary Embolism”, resulting in breathing difficulties and patient’s outcome | 9,999.99 |
| 26 | 30.05.2018 | Ms. Leong Wai Yan, Staff Nurse/Neuro Technician, Assunta Hospital, Jalan Templer, 46990 Petaling Jaya | Sponsorship of Registration fees to attend the “17th Asian & Oceanic Myology Centre (AOMC) Annual Scientific Meeting” and “28th Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) Annual Scientific Meeting” (together with Congress Workshops) from 26th to 29th July, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur | 650 |
| 27 | 20.08.2018 | Malaysian Society of Neurosciences | Financial assistance to the ‘Epilepsy Council’ to conduct an “Epilepsy Teaching Course” on 8th & 9th September, 2018 in Kuching, Sarawak | 10,000.00 |
| 28 | 20.12.2018 | Dr Santhi Puvanarajah, Head of Dept of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase two(2) medical equipment for the Neurological ward, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, i.e. (i) Mindray, Vital Sign Monitor VS 900 (A non-invasive non-blood pressure monitor used to monitor blood pressure of patients to help ensure accurate hypertension diagnosis; and (ii) “Hand-held Pulse Oximeter AH-MX” (used to measure peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, an estimate of the amount of oxygen in the blood with an infrared sensor on the finger tip) | 10,000.00 |
| 29 | 20.12.2018 | Dr Hjh Salina Abdul Aziz, Head of Dept of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase: (i) two(2) desktop computers with monitors; and (ii) one(1) laptop computer; for the purpose of: (a) compiling data for the “Addiction Psychiatry Registry”, which stores information on referred cases of psychiatric patients for evaluation and treatment modules; and (b) compiling data of “supported employment” and “job placement” activities for psychiatric patients | 10,000.00 |
| 30 | 12.12.2019 | Dr Santhi Datuk Puvanarajah, Head of Dept of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase two(2) units of “Infusion Pump” for the Neurological ward, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. [An ‘Infusion Pump” infuses fluids, medication or nutrients into a patient’s circulatory system in a controlled manner] | 10,000.00 |
| 31 | 31.01.20 20 |
Dr Mohd Faroop Shaikh, Chair, Malaysian Epilepsy Symposium 2020, Senior Lecturer/Pharmacologist, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor | Financial assistance to the ‘Malaysian Society of Neurosciences Epilepsy Council’ to conduct the “Malaysian Epilepsy Symposium & Workshop” on 11th & 12th July, 2020 at Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor. Participants, which included doctors and researchers, would be updated on the recent advancement & trends in the field of Epilepsy care and management, as part of the Epilepsy Council’s education and research outreach programme | 10,000.00 |
| 32 | 810.2021 | Dr Shanthi Viswanathan, Interim Head of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Financial assistance to purchase two(2) units of “Teruna Terufusion Series 7LM3 Infusion Pump” for the Neurological ward, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. [An ‘Infusion Pump’ is used to infuse drugs (medication) into a critically patient’s circulatory system in a controlled manner to ensure maximum treatment] | 9,800.00 |
| 33 | 08.10.2021 | Dr Shanthi Viswanathan, Interim Head of Neurology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur |
Financial assistance to purchase one(1) “Notebook & Printer”, comprising three(3) components, i.e. (i) Dell Inspiron 15; (ii) HP Deskjet Ink 2336 All in One Printer; and (iii) Portable DVD ROM. This computer set allows Neurological experts to see patients remotely by video conference to replace in-person Neurological care. This helps to get the care patients need while reducing crucial waiting time. | 4,605.00 |
| 34 | 03.10.2022 | Dr Sherrini Bazir Ahmad, Executive member of Epilepsy Council, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences | Financial contribution to the ‘Malaysian Society of Neurosciences Epilepsy Council’ in support of its proposal to hire a professional animator to produce two(2) educational videos entitled “Seizure First Aid” and “What is Epilepsy?”. The Epilepsy Association/Council pointed out that the two videos would enhance its efforts in spreading awareness on Epilepsy to the patients, the public, etc. It also proposed to distribute the videos to schools around Malaysia to educate teachers and students about “Epilepsy”. | 10,000.00 |