KUCHING: The Sarawak Heart Foundation paid the Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud a courtesy call at his official residence here on Tuesday night.
The entourage was led by Deputy Premier Minister cum Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister Professor Datuk Seri Sim Kui Hian, who is also the deputy chairman of Sarawak Heart Foundation.
The Sarawak Heart Foundation, which is also chaired by Taib, is a charity that was founded in 1996 with the goal of encouraging a healthy heart culture among Sarawak residents.
“Among the functions of this charity are providing financial assistance to heart patients in and outside of Sarawak who require treatment assistance and surgery, purchasing and donating medical equipment for the use of cardiac patients in public hospitals.
It also provides grants and contributions to public hospitals, institutions of higher learning, and professionals in the medical field to study diseases related to the heart, and educating the Sarawak public on ways to identify, avoid, and treat heart disease,” said a press statement issued by the Information Department (JaPen).
Also present during the courtesy call were the three Board of Trustees for Sarawak Heart Foundation, namely Datin Patinggi Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu, Datuk Anne Teng and Pauline Kon Suk Khim.
