CRM on RTM 17 July 2007

Mesyuarat Kemboja Episod II

Faizal, Zafir, Amin, Shamshir. Foto oleh Firdaus Rahim

Mesyuarat Pasukan Misi Kemanusian Kemboja 2007 di Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS) telah bermula pada jam 3.20 petang. Segala puji bagi Allah, mesyuarat telah dapat dihadiri oleg semua peserta kecuali Saudara Faiz, yang mengalami sedikit masalah teknikal.

Meeting pada kali telah memutuskan bahawa semua wang kutipan derma hendaklah dimasukkan ke dala akuan Maybank saudari Sarah Zulaikha Samad. Pengumuman juga telah dibuat oleh saudara Zafirudddin bahawa rancangan Selamat Pagi Malaysia telah bersetuju untuk menemu ramah saudara Amin untuk menwar-warkan projek ini kepada seluruh penonton RTM pada keesokkan hari.

Farhana, Farina, Zulaikha, Iza, Mikraz, Mai Sh & Fakhriah. Foto oleh Firdaus Rahim

Pasukan juga telah mencapai kesepakatan bahawa seramai tiga orang doktor, dua orang jururawat serta ditemani oleh tiga orang pelajar perubatan Islamic Medical Association of Cambodia (IMAC) akan turut serta dalam misi selama 12 hari bumi Kemboja itu.

Perbincangan mengenai kutipan derma terus menjadi agenda utama dan akan kian dipergiat dalam hari-hari terakhir sebelum bertolak Isnin depan. Semua diingatkan agar berkumpul di hadapan surau KLIA selewat-lewatnya pada jam 6.30 pagi pada 23 Julai ini, dan masing-masing diingatkan juga agar tidak lupa membawa passport. InshaAllah ketibaan kami akan disambut di sana oleh wakil IMAC.

Komiti baru telah diwujudkan bagi perjalanan program yang lebih efekti semasa di Kemboja:

Makanan: Farhana & Zafiruddin

Pengangkutan: Fakhriah & Shamshir

Kewangan: Nurul Iza & Farina Zawati

Tempat tinggal: Faiz

Teknikal: Mai Sh, Noor Mikraz & Firdaus Rahim

Aktiviti: Faizal & Amin.

Akhir kata, selamat bekerja!

REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIP

We are seeking sponsorships in forms of goods and/or cash. You can help us carry on this mission by contributing these simple things to the residents:

• Toothbrush and toothpaste
• Milk formula for babies and infants
• Nutritional food
• Clothes
• Books and educational materials
• Stationeries, school bags
• Any means in which your company could provide us (eg. free shipping, technical support, flight tickets etc)

Any financial contribution can be transferred to our account:

ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA, UK STUDENT CHAPTER

Account Name : Persatuan Perubatan Islam Malaysia
Account Number : 12070004592719 (current account)
Bank Name: Bank Muamalat

Upon payment or transfer of money, we would greatly appreciate it if you could fax the receipt of payment to Cik Nurul at the IMAM headquarters. Fax no: (+60) 03 8926 3035

TENTATIVES

23/07/2007
Day 1

Arrive at Phnom Penh and meet with the people in charge there.

• Settle down at accommodation


• Meeting with doctors from Islamic Medical Association Cambodia (IMAC) and Malaysian Embassy staff.


• Briefing on activities for the whole mission


• Work delegation according to proposed plan

24/07/2007
Day 2

Short visit to Cambodian Killing Field

• Learn about the history of Cambodia


• Understand the culture to ensure better communication

Preparation and journey to Kampong Cham

• Buying and store keeping of medications, donation stocks, foods and drinks.


• Mounting the things needed in the mission in the transportation vehicle.


• Gaining more knowledge of the local population need and situation for management of the project.

25/07/2007
Day 3

Mobile clinic

• Registration


• Set up booth for mobile clinics carried out by student volunteers with help of villagers.


• Consultation with the doctors and prescribing medication


• Promotion and inform on hygiene to villagers

Sunathon

• Registration


• Set up equipments and tables for circumcision


• Circumcision by doctors and senior medical students

Epidemiology and Public Health Research

• Interview with the selected villagers with help of translators


• Questions about hygiene, health level and basic needs matters.

26/07/2007
Day 4

Mobile clinic, Sunathon, and Research

• Same as above

27/07/2007
Day 5

Mobile clinic, Sunathon, Research

• Same as above

28/07/2007
Day 6

Family Fun with the Community and home visits

• Colouring competition among the Cambodian children
• Quran recitation competition
• Traditional games with the villagers
• Consultation and home help
• Distribution of donation

29/07/2007
Day 7

Education about Health and Hygiene

• Presentation and talks
  Title 1 : Child healthcare
  Title 2: Dental care and demonstration
• Distribution of donations eg formulated milk, food and dental care products

Gotong-Royong

• Help to clean the mosque
• Help to repair toilets

30/07/2007
Day 8

Visit to school/orphanage

• Start a new facility; a library or a reading corner
• Playing sports and games with the children
• Cleaning the school
• Handing over of donations and money

31/07/2007
Day 9

Packing up and journey to Seim Reap

• Cleaning of the base camp and farewell ceremony

01/08/2007
Day 10

Visit to Hospital Angkor in Seim Reap

Visit villagers at Tonle Sap lake

• Meeting with the Hospital Administration staff
• Tour around the hospital in groups
• Book the transportation to Tonle Sap lake
• Meet with the villagers

02/08/2007
Day 11

Visit to Angkor Wat and prepare to go back.

• Book the transportation to Angkor Wat

03/08/2007
Day 12

Departure back to Malaysia

PROPOSED PLAN OF ACTIVITIES IN CAMBODIA

Project in Cambodia

The team will set up a place to act as the base of our relief work and mobile clinic. The proposed activities are divided into two aspects: Medical and Social Relief

MEDICAL RELIEF

Population survey

• Make an observation of the local population and situation for further management of the project
• Make adjustment to proposed activities to cater to the needs of target groups and time
• Hold a meeting and finalize delegation of work to all volunteers
• Brief volunteers on execution of the final plan

Medical

• Mobile clinic: this clinic offers free consultation to local population in the proximity which will cater for a range of health problems including common illnesses, chronic disease (e.g. diabetes mellitus, hypertension) and malnutrition.
• Medical check up and treatment
  Blood pressure, Body temperature, Height, Weight, Pulse rate, Cardiovascular examination
• Antenatal advice and pediatric care.
• To distribute available medications (provided by the team) to those in need (e.g. antibiotics, vitamins and healthcare products).
• To assist doctors in minor surgeries eg circumcisions, trauma and labors.

Educational

Identifying target groups and addressing the educational aspects of :

• Access to local healthcare facilities in Cambodia
• Family hygiene and sanitation including mobile clinic, sunathon, education about Health and Hygiene and epidemiology and public health research.
• Woman health education – including general health, breast self examination, menstruation, pregnancy, use of contraception and family planning.
• Child healthcare – diet and nutrition, immunization and child development
• Dental care – importance of teeth brushing and demonstration on the correct brushing methods to children and mothers.
• Informal education by each volunteer to local population throughout all activities in the project.
• To give out relevant brochures and educational pamphlets.

SOCIAL RELIEF

Donations
Distribute donation at our base in the form of:

• Blanket and clothes
• Food and formulated milk
• Self care and dental care products
• Books (including religious materials), school bags and stationeries
  Health supplement (e.g. vitamins)

Community work

• Home visit for villagers unable to access the mobile clinic to distribute donation and help out with domestic errands i.e. cleaning.
• Visit to a local school or orphanage to start a new facility (eg. reading corner) and for some informal learning session with the children.
  

PROPOSED PLAN OF ACTIVITIES IN MALAYSIA

Fundraising and donation drive

• Donation drives in conjunction with University of Malaya (UM) and University Sains Malaysia (USM) to collect money, required items.
• Approaching individuals (doctors, students, lecturers in respective universities or localities), companies and organizations for sponsorship.

Preparation training

• Courses for student volunteers with IMAM Doctors in first aid, emergency medicine, psychology and post-trauma psychiatry.
• Short courses on Cambodian history, culture and tradition, and Khmer language.
  

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Head of Project :

• Muhammad Amin Ibrahim
  Fourth Year Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast

Secretary:

• Muhammad Faiz Md Taib (Secretary 1)
  Second Year Medicine, University of Manchester
• Nur Farhana Hamzah (Secretary 2)
  Second Year Medicine, University College Dublin

Activities and administration:

• Muhammad Amin Ibrahim (Head)
  Fourth Year Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast
• Mohd Zafiruddin Abd Rahman (Deputy Head)
  First Year Medicine, University of Newcastle
• Mohamad Faizal bin Zulkhifli
  First Year Medicine, University of Leeds

Finance:

• Nurul Iza Adnan (Head)
  Third Year Dentistry, University College Cork
• Sarah Zulaikha Samad
  First Year Medicine, University of Cambridge
• Farah Nuradhwa Apoo
  Third Year Medicine, University of Manchester

Technical:

• Mohamad Faizal Roslee (Head)
  Third Year Medicine, University of Manchester
• Noor Mikraz Mohamad Isa
  Fifth Year Medicine, University College Dublin
• Mai Shahira Meor Hazizi
  First Year Medicine, University of Leicester

Special Force Team:

• Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Rahim
  First Year Medicine, University of Nottingham
• Abdullah Syamsir Abd Mokti
  First Year Medicine, Queen’s University of London
• Farina Zawati Mohamed Farid
  Fourth Year Medicine, University College Dublin
• Fakhriah Abu Bakar
  Fourth Year Medicine, University College Dublin
• Raimi Syazni Sani
  Fourth Year Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

OBJECTIVES

For Cambodians

• To provide free basic humanitarian and medical services with emphasis on women and children.
• To increase medical awareness on issues such as family planning, sexually-transmitted diseases and basic hygiene.
• Continuation of previous years’ Relief Mission to Cambodia

For student volunteers

• To introduce students to the field of relief work.
• To allow students to experience real life problems and issues and tackle them appropriately.
• To provide a training ground for students to work under pressure and working in teams.To fulfill the elective requirements of clinical year students

INTRODUCTION

The IMAM Cambodian Relief Mission was first designed in response to the humanitarian crisis faced by the Cambodian population as a result of natural and man-made disaster like the 2001 flood and the subsequent drought which left more than 300,000 people in 12 provinces in dire need of food assistance. The afore mentioned disasters alongside wars that had shaped Cambodia’s history had left the population, especially children, vulnerable to malnutrition, poor hygiene and sanitation.

This mission allows for the provision of healthcare, health awareness and basic necessities to Cambodians, as well as providing a platform for medical students to get acquainted with basic medical services and the field of relief medicine. We also want to bring people’s attention on the conditions some Cambodians are living in; namely shelter, food, medication and proper sanitation. It will also give a chance for us medical students to complete our electives in a different setting and give an insight on other aspects of the medical career outside hospital walls. This is also a continuation of other relief missions carried out by members of IMAM UKEIRE and will hopefully be an impetus to future mission.

BACKGROUND

The Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) was established in Malaysia in 1990 and acts as a professional organization that comprises of medics, paramedics and medical students, which carries out Islamic oriented medical works. Members have participated actively in medical and welfare services in war torn Iraq, Bosnia, Chechnya, Maluku and more recently in Afghanistan, Iran and Sudan. In unison with the Federation of Islamic Medical Association (FIMA) and MERCY Malaysia, medical aid and relief has been targeted to various areas of calamity.

A branch was then established in United Kingdom with the aim of gathering practicing Malaysian medical professionals and students in United Kingdom & Ireland under one roof. Exclusively for the students, a student chapter was set up in both United Kingdom & Ireland offering various medical related activities and programmes.