(Teddy Bear Doctor speaking) “Then 2.5 years ago I joined Kechara Soup Kitchen as a doctor as I volunteered every Saturday night, and realized that we can do more to take care of poor families that need medical care and cannot afford treatment by going to their houses.
They are selected after we interview them, to see if they are really in need of medical help.
Cases are evaluated individually where for example, the father is an OKU, or he cannot work – but if the father is just lazy and seems fit, we take it on a case basis.
These homeless people are from this area and for families that need help we’ll go to their house, wherever they are we’ll try to find time to visit them, … even if that means going all the way to Seremban or Penang.
One of the families we are visiting is in Sentul, whose father is paralysed from the waist below, and the wife is semi paralyzed, where she can walk, but with ‘help’. So we’ve been helping them monthly since last year, providing medication, groceries, and also a caterer to give them food on a daily basis. He had to go to the hospital thrice a week and there are costs involved. These people have no pensions as they are in their early 40’s, except for the little monthly welfare aid from the government”.
(Part 2/3)
Photostory by Mushamir Mustafa
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(This post was first published on July 28th 2016)
