In 2012, the Rotary Club of Kuching Central staged a musical concert to raise funds for a project to refurbish an old and unused flats within the compound of the Sarawak General Hospital, and an old site building at the Sarawak Heart Centre, Samarahan. This is a project of our Rotary Club and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara with the cooperation of the Sarawak General Hospital, and in collaboration with various governmental and corporate sponsors.
The fund were to be used to convert these old and unused buildings into hostels to provide free accommodation for the poor and underprivileged needy people from rural areas and those from outside Kuching to stay while attending to their loved ones who are undergoing medical treatment at the Sarawak General Hospital and the Sarawak Heart Centre. These poor parents or relatives need accommodations. Many of them cannot afford the accommodation while in Kuching and ended up sleeping in the wards alongside the patients or in the hallways. The project at the Sarawak General Hospital has been completed and is ready for occupancy. And we are now in the process of embarking on the project at the Sarawak Heart Centre.
In conjunction with the Pan Borneo Inter Club Meet, our Club has decided to carry out a Rotary Landscape and Beautification Project in a prominent area at the Sarawak Heart Centre. This project will complement the refurbishment works that will be implemented to provide free accommodations for the poor at the Sarawak Heart Centre.
The site for the proposed landscaping works is presently an empty courtyard. The conversion of this area into a small landscaped park will meet the following objectives and provide the following benefits:
- Create a greater awareness and promotion of our green environment
- Provide for, in an area outside the hospital wards, a tranquil and peaceful environment for the heart patients, where they can relax and to recuperate, and to enjoy the greenery together with their accompanying relatives.
- Provide a green lung for the doctors and other healthcare providers an environment to relax and recharge so that they can enhance their works in the provision of medical care to the patients
- As this is a high profile hospital frequently visited by Ministers, VIPs and other dignitaries, the project will enhance the Rotary Brand and create better public awareness of the works we do in Rotary- in doing good in the world.
