Korean heart team visits Likas Hospital, patients
Published on: Saturday, April 25, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: A Korean heart team, led by Back Jong Gu, visited the Society for the Sabah Heart Fund (SOSHF) and the Likas Women and Children Hospital recently. The team consisted of volunteers, a paediatrician cardiologist and medical staff.SOSHF Secretary Eva Susau said the Society was grateful for the team's visit every year to screen the shortlisted patients before they leave for corrective heart surgery in Korea.
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She said the Korean sponsorship covered 116 Sabah children since 2007, adding that all 116 were well and living a normal life. She also said that due to the sustainable good partnership, the project had helped to clear the backlog and such assistance has shortened the queue at the hospital.The SOSHF hopes to send 16 more to Korea for corrective heart surgery this year. She said the cost of sending a patient to Korea is cheaper for the SOSHF than sending a patient to Kuala Lumpur as the cost of medical and all cost incurred in Korea will be borne by the Korean NGOs while the SOSHF would pay for the cost of passports, allowances, incidences, insurance, and airfares for patients and escorts.
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In another development, Eva said the SOSHF's third patient to Kuala Lumpur this year had safely undergone surgery last week.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Her mother, Custin Apat expressed her gratitude to the SOSHF for sending her daughter for corrective heart surgery and that she noticed her daughter is much active now.
