Jihan had missed classes for a whole year, but she did quite well in her Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah.
The gritty 12-year-old, who is suffering from a muscular disease, got 1A, 2Bs and 2Cs for the test. Jihan is dependent on a ventilator to assist her in breathing.
Since January this year, the Standard Six pupil of SK Padang Terap had been preparing for the test from her bed at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital. Her friends and teachers would visit and help her go through the lessons.
Her mother, Wan Nakhiyah Ahmad, 37, would take turns with her father, Abdul Ghani Ismail, 55, a temporary teacher at Maktab Mahmud in Pokok Sena, to meet Jihan’s needs and take care of her eight other siblings.
Asked on her ambition, Jihan, who appeared weak, said she wanted to become a doctor.
“I know how it feels to be sick. I want to study hard so that I can become a doctor and help others,” she said.
Wan Nakhiyah said Jihan would need a portable ventilator to help in her breathing. She appeals to the public to help her buy one which costs about RM72,100. Please help Jihan lead a normal life.
Those who wish to help can send cheques, made payable to the New Straits Times Press, to The Cashier, Public Donation Fund/Charity Unit, The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd, Balai Berita, 31 Jalan Riong, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, with Jihan’s name written on the reverse side.
I was chatting with a blogging pal this afternoon because it’s a long weekend and we don’t have many assignments these 2 days.
She invited me to watch one of the famous musical or play shows of The Wizard Of Oz, a story of the witches that everyone knows from The Wizard of Oz. This well written book by Winnie Holzman is so well directed that has made Wicked tickets highly sought after.
Every component of this musical, from the brilliant score to the amazing sets, has made Wicked tickets highly sought after. If we ever visit her in future, she will get premium Wicked tickets for us.
For 43-year-old Prebakaran Subramaniam, suffering from kidney failure, small tasks taken for granted are performed with difficulty.
He takes five minutes to walk up a flight of stairs, panting when he reaches the landing.
He has no choice but to cut conversation and walks short distances as he becomes breathless after 10 minutes.
Undergoing dialysis three to four times a week has also left him weak.
For a kidney transplant operation, Prebakaran requires RM70,000. His donation appeal was made yesterday at a press conference called by the MIC Youth wing’s Social and Welfare Bureau in Puchong.
“Dialysis 12 times a month doesn’t come cheap. I’ve finished all my savings last year and I have been dependent on my siblings,” said the ex-lorry driver.
Cheques, money orders and bank drafts can be made payable to the Prebakaran Fund and addressed to the MIC National Youth Social and Welfare Bureau, 12, Jalan PBP 5, Taman Industri, Pusat Bandar Puchong, 47100 Selangor.
Or a cheque can be made to Prebakaran A/L Subramaniam at his Alliance bank account 62083-0-02-003720-3.
For inquiries, contact P. Amutha at the Puchong MIC division at 03-58829360.
Women are much more likely than men to search the Internet for information on health, according to research conducted by two professors from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, the United States.
The finding is consistent with gender differences in healthcare utilisation; for instance, women are more apt than men to go to the doctor when sick, the researchers say.
Women are much more proactive in terms of their healthcare and are also more likely to be caretakers to children, husbands, and parents.
When it comes to healthcare and information on health, women’s online behaviour conforms to their off-line behaviour. Women are more likely to ask for help than men.
For their research, Morahan-Martin, professor of psychology and chair of the department of applied psychology, and Phyllis Schumacher, a mathematician, analysed the results of four surveys conducted between 2000 and 2004.
A total of 1,461 women and 1,317 men who had ever accessed online health information were surveyed over the four years.
In all four years, women were more likely than men to be online health seekers, although the differences lessened over time.
The results were presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting in San Francisco recently.
Specifically, in the 2001 survey, 72% of women and 51% of men were online health seekers, while in 2004, the figures were 82% percent and 75%, respectively.
In addition to being more likely than men to seek online support for medical problems, women were also more likely to use the Internet to obtain healthcare information for others. Overall, they visited more health sites than men, the data show.
Men, however, were more likely than women to go online for sensitive health information that may be hard to bring up with their doctor or partner.
Prior studies have shown that men are more apt than women to go online for several specific activities – namely, information on products and services, the weather, news, do-it-yourself, sports scores, financial information, and work-related research.
Healthcare is one of the few Internet uses in which women predominate – the other areas were women outnumber men on the Internet are spiritual information and driving directions.
While rushing to complete my pending assignments, a buddy called up and asked me to do him a favor. Again ! This guy thinks that I am very free because I spend most of my time sitting in front of my computer surfing the Internet only. What he doesn’t understand is that I write paid reviews.
Anyway, I told him I will only search the information about plasma cutting after I finish my assignments related to Vitamin C.
Yap.. I have been reading benefits of Vitamin C so that I can churn out a blog post about Vitamin C. Vitamin C is truly a wonder nutrient and there is no doubt that many of the serious degenerative diseases plaguing the civilized world today can be prevented or even reversed through an adequate intake of this essential vitamin.
Look at this oversized tote bag ! I love it so much…;P I bet I will look cool when using it for marketing or everyday errands. It costs only $4.46. Very cheap !!