Sunway Medical Centre Velocity Celebrates 3rd Anniversary with #FamilyHealthHistoryMatters Campaign
Living, eating and being well are all steps that one can take for an overall better quality of life, but did you know that family health history also plays an important part in the prevalence of disorders, health issues and diseases?
Based on the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey by the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH), an estimated 1.7 million of Malaysian adults were actually living with a triple combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, while another 3.4 million had two out of the three conditions.
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV), in celebrating its third anniversary is launching its #FamilyHealthHistoryMatters campaign to raise awareness on the importance of knowing one’s roots and history of health issues so that patients have better control over their future. The Department of Statistics Malaysia recently revealed that Malaysian life expectancy at birth in 2021 is expected to increase about 12 years compared to five decades ago – raising the need to have better healthcare planning to ensure a long, healthy life.
Throughout the month of September, SMCV will be providing the community with special offers, screening packages and even a CSR activity to encourage one and all to pay more attention to their family health history for their own benefit.
Derrick Chan, CEO of SMCV shares, “Healthcare plays an important role in improving the quality of living for its surrounding communities, and SMCV intends to address the needs of the people here. We want to encourage our patients to make better decisions about their health – whether it is creating more awareness on understanding one’s family health history or choosing to go for yearly health screenings to rule out any health issues. We are here to make a difference and support the community – SMCV is proud to be a part of our patient’s lives, and we intend to provide quality care to those who need it now and in the future.”
Dr Wee Tong Ming, Medical Director and Consultant Emergency Physician from SMCV adds, “Having the knowledge of your family health history is important to understand your risk of developing non-communicable diseases that may develop early, or later on in life. While you are unable to change your genetics, you can modify your lifestyle choices into healthier ones – these changes, along with screening tests can help to detect early signs of these diseases and patients can act on them sooner for better health in the long run.”
More about SMCV’s 3rd Anniversary Campaign
To encourage more patients to take their family health history seriously, SMCV is providing offers for health screening and heart screening packages, blood and tumour marker test and gastroscopy and colonoscopy screenings for the entire month of September.
SMCV will also be having an open day for its Sunway Fertility Centre in September, which will be complemented by the participations of vendor booths present at the hospital following the launch. At the end of the month, SMCV will be hosting a treasure hunt event that will be open to the public. All proceeds from the sale of event’s tickets will be donated to National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia (NKF); a one-stop national resource centre for all kidney-related matters, so all who are able to attend are encouraged to participate.
The campaign will be rounded up at the end of the month with a blood donation drive from 29-30 September in the hospital itself. Members of the public can drop by the hospital to do their part in donating blood and contribute to make a difference in the lives of others as every drop saves lives.
