Medical Outreach

In a continued effort to serve vulnerable communities, Tzu Chi KL & Selangor, in collaboration with UNHCR, held a medical outreach for refugees, offering free consultations and care to individuals facing hardship far from home.

From November 1 to 3, 2024, over 450 medical professionals and volunteers from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Cambodia, joined forces for a large-scale medical outreach in Battambang, Cambodia, serving nearly 3,500 patient visits over three days. The outreach provided internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services at Bavel Referral Hospital, while the eye clinic took place at the Battambang Provincial Hospital.

From November 1 to 3, 2024, Tzu Chi medical team from four countries jointly conducted a large-scale medical outreach in Battambang, Cambodia, serving nearly 3,500 patient visits over three days. The outreach provided internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services at Bavel Referral Hospital, while the eye clinic took place at the Battambang Provincial Hospital.

A medical outreach is a regular activity of Tzu Chi, and a common routine for many Tzu Chi volunteers. However, for the residents of Kampung Lok Urai, who have no IDs, no money and are suffering from illnesses, it is a major event that they look forward to.

On February 17, 2019, Tzu Chi Kota Kinabalu organized a medical outreach session in Kampung Numbak, Kota Kinabalu, where the majority of villagers endure poor living conditions and are of undocumented status.

Suffering from illness is a tremendous torture to one’s life. Many medical professionals, who have treated various diseases, believe that dispensing medicine to stop pain and providing surgical operation to cure illnesses are the best treatments they could give patients. However, their perception has changed after participating in a medical mission to rural areas. They experienced that love is the best medicine as it comforts the patients’ hearts.

Tzu Chi Kuching organized a 2-day medical outreach mission with the support from Bintulu 4WD Challenge Club, benefiting 793 villagers from 15 long houses in Kampung Long Urun, Belaga.