Hospital Orang Asli Gombak Visit
On the 16th of May, I headed for a trip to Hospital Orang Asli Gombak along with my other course mates. This hospital is special in the sense that it is the only hospital in the WORLD, to specially cater for the orang asli, or the aborigines of Malaysia. If you are not one of them, you would be directed to other hospitals as this place is solely established for the aborigines' best of interest.
Naturally, being located in an out skirt area, this hospital seems less busy and much more peaceful, compared to a tertiary hospital like Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
It was only recently that the Ministry of Health took over this hospital. Previously it was under another ministry. The advantage of being under the MOH is that medicines ordered can arrive much faster and on time now and fundings for renovations and expansions are technically easier to get approved.
HDR picture taken with the Sony TX10
Naturally, being located in an out skirt area, this hospital seems less busy and much more peaceful, compared to a tertiary hospital like Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
15 years old building and is still going strong.
Being a hospital specially catered for the orang asli, they also provide mobile clinic services to deep interiors in various parts of Malaysia to dispense medications to those people in need.
Lastly, we were brought to visit the wards. Patients all over Malaysia could be found here, from Gua Musang, to Bidor and to places I have never heard before. This hospital is unique that it also caters accommodation and food for the family of the patient as well. So if the patient is admitted, usually they bring their whole family down with them as well.
Paediatrics ward
Random patient running around
It's really great to see a third world country like Malaysia offering these type of health services in which no other countries offer. I really hope to see the improvements being carried out in the health sector, hopefully by the time I graduate. This will definitely benefit the general public and the needy alike and tax payers will know that their money are well spent. This trip has definitely opened my eyes to the other side of health service and I certainly benefited a lot. Hopefully there will be more of these trips to come =P
After a slight briefing by the head of pharmacy in charge, we were brought to visit around. Naturally, the outpatient pharmacy is our first stop of the day.
Over here we learnt how medications were stored, arranged and managed etc.
Being a hospital specially catered for the orang asli, they also provide mobile clinic services to deep interiors in various parts of Malaysia to dispense medications to those people in need.
The kit which stores all the essential medications for the mobile clinic. Panadol being the most common.
Pharmacist's office. Sometimes patient counselling are conducted here.
Store for medications
Room for extemporaneous medication preparation
General Medicine Ward
Paediatrics ward
Random patient running around
It's really great to see a third world country like Malaysia offering these type of health services in which no other countries offer. I really hope to see the improvements being carried out in the health sector, hopefully by the time I graduate. This will definitely benefit the general public and the needy alike and tax payers will know that their money are well spent. This trip has definitely opened my eyes to the other side of health service and I certainly benefited a lot. Hopefully there will be more of these trips to come =P
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