Exterior of Touch Dialysis Centre in Kota Damansara
| 29th April, 2006 | The Pro-Tem Management Committee met for the first time. |
| 17th May, 2006 | An application to register Persatuan Dialisis Touch Petaling
Jaya, Selangor was submitted to Pendaftar Pertubuhan, Malaysia. |
| 06th Nov., 2006 | Pendaftaran Pertubuhan, Malaysia approved our application. |
| 22nd Dec., 2006 | An application (Borang A) was made to Kementerian Kesihatan
Malaysia for the setting up of a dialysis centre. |
| 23rd Dec., 2006 | Pendaftaran Pertubuhan, Malaysia released the Certificate of
Incorporation during a certificate presentation ceremony. |
| 04th Jan., 2007 | Members of the Persatuan held their 1st Annual General
Meeting. |
| 12th Feb., 2007 | Fundraising started with donation appeals through brochures |
| 06th Apr., 2007 | Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya released to us the letter
approving renovation works for the premises. |
| 08th Apr.,2007 | Awareness campaign and fundraising through charity sale of
food and souvenir items during Easter Sunday. |
| 21st Apr., 2007 | Renovation works commenced. |
| 07th Jul., 2007 | Flower Sales at CBC, Church House, P.J organized by Watchman
7 supported by various cell groups to raise funds. |
| 16th July, 2007 | Renovation works completed and handing over of centre by the
Contractor. |
| 18th Jul., 2007 | RO Water Filtration System Installed. |
| 24th Jul., 2007 | The Board of Management approved the staging of “A Night of
Classical Enchantment” featuring Foo Mei Yi and the Young Musicians. |
| 01st Aug., 2007 | Two Units of Reprocessors installed. |
| 07th Aug., 2007 | Mock cheque presentation by “The Edge-Bursa
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Rat Race 2007” for RM78,248.25 |
| 08th Aug, 2007 | 5 (Five) units of Dialysis Machines installed. |
| 12th Aug., 2007 | Charity Dinner organized by our CBC Puchong Centre, which
netted RM66,175.00. |
| 24th Aug., 2007 | Submitted an application (Borang 3) to Kementerian Kesihatan
Malaysia for a licence to operate the dialysis Center. |
| 09th Sep., 2007 | A Health Carnival was held at CBC Kota Damansara Centre. A
guided tour of the dialysis Center was conducted for visitors. |
| 15th Sep., 2007 | The staging of the Piano Concert saw very encouraging
response. Ticket sales, advertisement and contributions netted a total
of
RM84,469.40. |
| 24th Oct., 2007 | Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia released the licence
approving the operation of the dialysis center. |
| 12th Nov., 2007 | Registered with National Renal Registry. |
| 16th Nov., 2007 | Submitted applications to Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
(Finance’s Department) for patients’ subsidy and capital grant. |
| 17th Nov., 2007 | Submitted an application to PERKESO to be a panel member. |
| 01st Dec., 2007 | Admitted the first patient to be dialyzed at the Center. |
| January, 2008 | Ministry of Health approved our application for Patients’
subsidy. For those who qualify, the subsidy is RM50.00, and the patient
only pays RM60.00 per session. |
| February, 2008 | Ministry of Health approved our application for machinery and
equipment grants. A total of RM315,530.00 was reimbursed to us. PERKESO
(or SOCSO) approved our application to be their panel member. With this
approval, SOCSO patients will receive a subsidy of RM110.00 per session. |
| March – April, ’08 | As at March 31, we had 16 patients. In April, this grew to 18 patients. When we reach 20 patients in early May, we intend to start a second shift. |
As a non-profit charitable organization, Persatuan Dialisis Touch Petaling Jaya, Selangor’s ability to help the unfortunate kidney failure patients depends very much on the compassion and generosity of Malaysian corporate bodies and the general public. Through their generous and continuous contributions, the Center now has eleven units of dialysis machines, one complete line of reverse osmosis water filtration system, three units of reprocessors, one set of emergency equipment and other related equipments installed. The Center is now fully functional and the first patient was admitted on 1st December, 2007. To all donors, contributors, sponsors and all who have helped us in one way or another, our deepest appreciation and heartfelt thanks to you. May the Almighty God bless you.
Andrew Ng,
Chairman of Touch Dialysis Center