Voluntary medical team to offer eye, dental check-ups to the needy

A NEW mobile clinic in the form of a bus is set to boost the voluntary medical service by St John Ambulance of Malaysia (SJAM).

Lions Club of Damansara Kuala Lumpur donated the vehicle to the SJAM Southern Selangor chapter.

SJAM Southern Selangor area commander Kong Min Ho said modifications would be made before the bus could be put into service.

“We plan on having several partitions installed inside the vehicle to allow for more consultation sessions,” he said.

The bus, he said, should be ready by the end of the year.

“We will use the clinic to conduct eye and dental check-ups.”

The Lions Club will also sponsor the equipment and furniture inside the bus, he added.

Kong said the bus would be sent once a month to places with underprivileged communities such as Orang Asli villages, orphanages, old folk’s homes, and medical facilities housing special needs children.

Representatives from St John received the bus from the Lions Club during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Sungai Chua, Kajang.

Also present were SJAM’s commander-in-chief Datuk Lai See Ming and national vice-chairman Hoo We Tak.

Lions Club former president Kenny Low said the organisation had worked with SJAM before, including during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He said Lions Club and SJAM distributed necessities during the severe floods in 2021 and carried out health screenings as well as medical check-ups at welfare homes.

SJAM Southern Selangor president Datuk Seri Chee Hong Leong said the bus would enhance their community outreach programmes.

“We have a similar initiative called Mobile Clinic, launched in 2016, which uses a van to provide service to the needy.

“It has benefitted 4,000 people from the homeless and refugee communities, as well as children and senior citizens in care homes,” he said.

SJAM Southern Selangor has over 640 members comprising school and university students, as well as volunteers from the medical field.