FGV Annual Report 2012

A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 1 2 L a p o r a n T a h u n a n 77 Yayasan Felda’s healthcare initiatives range from providing individuals financial aid for the purchase of medical equipment such as hearing aid, wheelchair and artificial limbs; to the establishment of a Haemodialysis Centre for low income kidney patients. Yayasan Felda’s Haemodialysis Centre at Anjung Felda, located in Jalan Maktab, Kuala Lumpur, sees a group of patients daily with renal failure awaiting their turn at any one of the 23 dialysis machines.Were it not for the efforts ofYayasan Felda, most of these low-income patients would have had nowhere else to go for this life saving treatment as it costs more than RM30,000 a year for fee-paying patients to use these machines at private hospitals. Thanks to Yayasan Felda, more than 60 patients annually only need to pay a nominal sum for their tri-weekly treatments. The foundation has also donated 33 dialysis machines, costing close to RM1.5 million, to various government hospitals and Non-Governmental Organisations haemodialysis centres nationwide enabling more patients access to the expensive kampus Kolej Yayasan Felda iaitu di Mempaga (Pahang), Trolak (Perak), Raja Alias (Negeri Sembilan) dan Kerteh (Terengganu) serta di Institut Teknologi Utama (ITU) di Kelana Jaya (Selangor). Kursus intensif Bahasa Inggeris juga dijalankan di Pusat Bahasa Inggeris FELDA (FELC) di Kelana Jaya bagi meningkatkan tahap Bahasa Inggeris para pelajar lepasan sekolah untuk tujuan pendidikan tinggi dan peluang pekerjaan dalam pasaran kerja. Inisiatif penjagaan kesihatan Yayasan Felda termasuklah penyediaan bantuan kewangan bagi pembelian alat-alat perubatan seperti bantuan pendengaran, kerusi roda dan anggota palsu, serta penubuhan Pusat Hemodialisis untuk pesakit buah pinggang berpendapatan rendah. Pusat Hemodialisis Yayasan Felda di Anjung Felda, yang terletak di Jalan Maktab, Kuala Lumpur, setiap hari menerima sekumpulan pesakit buah pinggang untuk menggunakan mana-mana satu daripada 23 buah mesin dialisis yang disediakan. Jika bukan kerana usaha Yayasan Felda, kebanyakan pesakit berpendapatan rendah ini tidak mempunyai tempat lain untuk menjalani rawatan penting ini kerana kosnya but much needed treatment. In addition, since 2000, it has enabled elderly citizens over the age of 60 to receive free outpatient treatment at selected hospitals. Yayasan Felda also distributes annual research and development grants to support new discoveries that will benefit society and put Malaysia on the international map of scientific and technological breakthroughs. Since 1999, it has funded 71 grants valued at RM12.2 million. To date, 32 of these were successfully completed with the potential for commercial applications. In the field of social welfare, the foundation views its role as the helping hand that lessens the burden of unfortunate Malaysians, often working with other organisations to extend its reach. Initiatives provided on an ad-hoc basis, have ranged from free treatment and eye glasses to children from low-income families and contributing to the Natural Disaster Fund, to its RM60 million Kasih Programme to repair houses within traditional villages in the vicinity of Felda settlements. adalah melebihi RM30,000 setahun untuk pesakit yang menggunakannya di hospital swasta. Atas usaha Yayasan Felda, lebih daripada 60 pesakit hanya perlu membayar jumlah nominal setiap tahun untuk rawatan mereka setiap tiga minggu. Yayasan ini juga telah menderma 33 mesin dialisis, berharga hampir RM1.5 juta, kepada pelbagai hospital kerajaan dan pusat hemodialisis Organisasi Bukan Kerajaan di seluruh negara yang membolehkan lebih ramai pesakit mendapatkan rawatan yang amat mereka perlukan ini. Sementara itu, sejak tahun 2000, ia telah membolehkan warga emas berusia lebih 60 tahun untuk menerima rawatan pesakit luar secara percuma di hospital-hospital terpilih. Yayasan Felda juga mengagihkan geran penyelidikan dan pembangunan tahunan bagi menyokong penemuan baru yang akan memberi manfaat kepada masyarakat dan meletakkan Malaysia di peta antarabangsa bagi pencapaian sains dan teknologi. Sejak tahun 1999, ia telah membiaya 71 geran bernilai RM12.2 juta. Sehingga kini, 32 daripadanya telah berjaya disiapkan dengan potensi aplikasi komersial.