The following activities took place in 2019:
24H Run (26 to 27 January 2019)
Caring Mom’s 2019 Spark Joy Garage Sales (2 February 2019)
Sustainable Prosthetic Care Solutions Workshop (SPECS) & Visit to LFL Prostheses Centre’s Facilities (March 2019)
Visitation from Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya’s Engineering Students (April 2019)
2019 Penang Mobile Clinic by The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H. The Princess Mother (12 to 18 May 2019)
Caring Mom’s 2019 Mega Health Carnival (22 to 23 June 2019)
Focus Group Discussion by Aufa Intelligence Sdn Bhd on Research Support System to Caregiver of Disabled Persons (1 August 2019)
B.Braun’s 2019 Charity Run Cheque Presentation Ceremony (6 September 2019)
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Student’s Visit (16 November 2019)
1st International Conference on Orthotics and Prosthetics 2019 (20 to 21 November 2019)
24H Run (26 to 27 January 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited once again by the organizers of the 2019 24H Run to be the sole recipient of the donations collected from the run. This is the 4th consecutive year that LFL Prostheses Centre has been chosen as the sole beneficiary. The event was held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) on 26 January 2019 with the flag-off time at 14:00 hours. The run ended on 27 January 2019 at 14:00 hours. For every km distance covered, a sum of RM2.40 was collected from the donors. For the 2019 event, based on the total distance covered of 7,567.297 km by approximately 82 participants, the final total sum collected was RM24,098.50.
Caring Mom’s 2019 Spark Joy Garage Sales (2 February 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited by CARING MOMS group to set up a booth at their 1st Spark Joy Garage Sales on 2 February 2019 at Sunway Nexis to create awareness about the dangers of diabetes and also to promote our services to the public. CARING MOMS is a unique platform for mothers’ entrepreneurial development. The platform is built from the ground up to economically empower women alike. They have a network of about 70,000 on their social media platform (Facebook) and it is an opportunity for LFL Prostheses Centre to create awareness and advertise its services for free.
Sustainable Prosthetic Care Solutions Workshop (SPECS) & Visit to LFL Prostheses Centre’s Facilities (March 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited to attend the above workshop by Dr. Nooranida Arifin, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at University of Malaya. The workshop was conducted by University of Malaya, University Putra Malaysia and University of Bath, United Kingdom on 12 March 2019. The workshop aimed to investigate Malaysia’s demand for lower limb prosthetic care services and components. A visit to LFL Prostheses Centre was made by Dr. Nooranida Ariffin together with 5 visitors from University of Bath and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia on 13 March 2019.
Visit from Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya’s Engineering Students (April 2019)
Dr. Nooranida Arifin (Senior Lecturer from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at University of Malaya) requested for the permission of LFL Prostheses Centre for her students to visit our facilities and also to observe our prostheses casting sessions to enable them to learn more about prostheses making. The students came in three (3) batches on three (3) different dates on 3, 4 and 10 April 2019 respectively.
2019 Penang Mobile Clinic by The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H. The Princess Mother (12 to 18 May 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited by The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H The Princess Mother from Chiang Mai, Thailand to participate and help out at their 2019 Penang Mobile Clinic which was held from 12 till 18 May 2019 at the Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society. During this mobile clinic, our technicians were able to learn new casting techniques and brush up their skills as well. One of our volunteer doctors, Dr. Nadia Mohd Mustafah from UiTM Hospital also attended the said mobile clinic session together with our technicians. We were also given 4 barrels of chemicals (50/50 solutions for prosthetic’s cosmesis use) by Assoc. Professor, Dr. Vajara Rujiwetpongstorn, the Secretary General of The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H. The Princess Mother.
Caring Mom’s 2019 Mega Health Carnival (22 to 23 June 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited by CARING MOMS group once again to participate in their Mega Health Carnival which was held from 22 till 23 June 2019 at Sunway Nexis from 10:00a.m to 7:00p.m. We were given a free booth to promote and create awareness of our services to their members and the general public.
Focus Group Discussion by Aufa Intelligence Sdn Bhd on Research Support System to Caregiver of Disabled Persons (1 August 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited by Aufa Intelligence Sdn Bhd (a company appointed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development) to participate in the discussions on Support System to Caregivers of Disabled Persons as they were doing a research on the subject matter. During the said event, we met a number of key personnel from Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, SOCSO, various NGOs such as Down Syndrome and Autistic Society, Challenges Media etc. and were able to exchange our views on the matter.
B.Braun’s 2019 Charity Run Cheque Presentation Ceremony (6 September 2019)
LFL Prostheses Centre was invited to attend the above mentioned event by B.Braun to receive the donation from their 2nd Charity Run which was held from 15 till 19 July 2019 whereby their employees participated in the run. Held at their B.Braun’s Penang running track, teams consisting of 6 runners for each team, ran in relay for 3 hours over the 5-day event. The funds were raised through the collection of pledges based on the kilometers ran by each team. The individual teams searched for their own sponsors and their management matched the amount collected by each team. Total donations collected were distributed to three (3) recipients and LFL Prostheses Centre was one of their new recipients for 2019.
Total amount received by LFL Prostheses Centre was RM93,333. The cheque was presented by their Asia Pacific President, Mr. Lam Chee Hong at a special reception hosted by B.Braun at Askina Hyperbaric Healthcare Centre in Titiwangsa on 6 September 2019.
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Student’s Visit (16 November 2019)
A student representative, Ms Lee Cha Wei from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, requested for an interview with LFL Prostheses Centre for their course work purposes. Their assignment was to discuss social issues and the hope for the disabled community. Based on their research, they came to know about us and were impressed with the work done by LFL Prostheses Centre.
We invited them to visit our facilities on 16 November 2019 where we briefed them on our work. They had the opportunity to meet some of our patients and witnessed the clinic session in progress. They would try to promote LFL Prostheses Centre to their College to see if there are opportunities for future collaborations.
1st International Conference on Orthotics and Prosthetics 2019 (20 to 21 November 2019)
The 1st International Conference on Orthotics and Prosthetics 2019 (iCOP 2019) was held at UOW Malaysia KDU University College in Shah Alam on 20 and 21 November 2019. With the theme, "Empowering Disability through Technology", the Conference focused on new advancements in the field of limb prosthetics, robotics and related disciplines. The event was jointly organized by representatives from International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), UOW Malaysia KDU University College, Universiti Putra Malaysia, University of Malaya, University Teknologi MARA and University of Bath, United Kingdom with main sponsorship from BioApps.
Our attendance of the said Conference had enabled us to, among other things, create awareness of and promote our products and services to the attendees; discuss with the key personnel of the relevant organizations and individuals such as ISPO Malaysia, SOCSO, Rehabilitation Department of Hospital Serdang on our products and services and circumstances under which they could refer amputees to us. In addition, we learned new prosthetics and orthotics technologies which are being successfully developed and widened our knowledge on products and services by other prosthetic vendors.
SUMMARY TO DATE (AS OF 31.12.2019)
Number of Applications received: 405
Number of Applicants rejected: 9
(financially over-qualified)
Number of Applicants dropped off/withdrawn/close file: 39
(no prostheses made)
Number of Applicants deferred: 89
(health conditions, weak stump etc.)
Number of Applicants scheduled for prostheses making: 7
Number of Applicants from Mobile Clinic: 4
(without prostheses from LFL Prostheses Centre yet)
Number of Applicants fitted with prostheses: 268
Number of Prostheses made: 305
(some with bi-prostheses), not including recasting of sockets
TYPE OF PROSTHESES
Below Knee (BK): 236
Above Knee (AK): 65
Through Knee (TK): 3
Syme Foot (SY): 1
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the LFL Prostheses Centre since 2014. The monies gratefully received have been used to provide free limbs to the underprivileged amputees regardless of their race and religion.