Life And Death In Kampung Cerewes, An Orang Asli Village In Pahang
Orang Asli in Kampung Cerewes, located in the deep mountain forests of Pahang, are dying from treatable illnesses like fever. Yet, doctors at the nearest hospital in Gombak only visit the village every 4 to 5 months. KUALA LIPIS, May 2 – At 16, while I was still in secondary school and focused on playing […]
Equipping Orang Asli with Medical Skills
LIPIS: After witnessing the lack of medical care and accessibility in remote areas, a team of doctors stepped in and set up Malaysia’s first Orang Asli (OA) medical post in Kampung Dayok, Pos Lenjang, here. Known as DRsforALL, the initiative began in 2018 and has been serving more than 4,000 residents from scattered villages […]
Orang Asli advised to give priority to modern medicine
KUANTAN, June 23 (Bernama) — Thirty-three Orang Asli youths from Pos Lenjang,Lipis are determined to become advisers to their community so that they would givepriority to modern medicine in life. The youths who were approached by Bernama, said the modern medicalknowledge, although different from the traditional practice of their ancestors, hadbetter potentials to save lives […]
Health Care A Phone Call Away For Orang Asli
The DRSforALL team is still running an Orang Asli Medical Post in Kampung Dayok, Pos Lenjang, in Pahang by conducting virtual training for youths trained in basic medical aid. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Despite interruptions to health services from volunteer doctors during lockdowns, the Orang Asli from a remote village in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, […]
Pos Medik: Sinar Baharu Komuniti Orang Asli Pos Lenjang
LIPIS (Bernama) — Bukan satu jam tapi tiga jam. Itulah masa perjalanan yang terpaksa ditempuh Orang Asli dari Pos Lenjang yang jaraknya kira-kira 80 km dari sini(Lipis) jika mereka ingin mendapatkan rawatan atau pemeriksaan susulan di Hospital Kuala Lipis. Lebih menyedihkan, mereka terpaksa melalui laluan balak berdebu yang merupakan satu-satunya jalan perhubungan keluar dan masuk […]
FPMPAM Medical Camp In Kota Belud Treats Over 250 Patients
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM) conducted a massive medical outreach camp last Saturday at the tourism village of Kampung Terudon in Kota Belud, Sabah. The event by FPMPAM’s community initiative, DRSforALL, was held in collaboration with the Association of Private Practitioners’ Society Sabah (APPS) to commemorate […]
Why This Orang Asli Doesn’t Want Roads, Electricity
KUALA LIPIS, Oct 3 — Babuk Keral stays in a small bamboo hut in the Orang Asli village of Kampung Dayok, Pos Lenjang, without electricity, piped water, a phone line, or a tarred road to the outside world. The Semai woman of Bahai faith, who doesn’t know her age as she’s illiterate, was boiling water […]
Orang Asli Open Own Medical Post As Public Clinic Inaccessible
KUALA LIPIS, Oct 1 — Arman Busu takes an hour and a half to travel a 7km track by motorbike from his home in Kampung Chang, an Orang Asli village in the jungles of Kuala Lipis, Pahang, to the nearest public clinic. So the 50-year-old Semai was ecstatic when the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ […]
Kementerian Kesihatan perkasa PPKZ untuk anak Orang Asli
LIPIS: Kementerian Kesihatan akan memperkasakan Program Pemakanan Kurang Zat (PPKZ) dalam kalangan anak Orang Asli bagi mengatasi masalah kekurangan nutrisi makanan. Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan, Dr Lee Boon Chye, berkata program itu bagi mengimbangi pengambilan makanan yang sihat dan berkhasiat kepada anak Orang Asli termasuk menyediakan Pakej 13 Bakul yang mengandungi multi vitamin dan susu. “Ada […]
