Treating beyond hospital walls

Malaysian Association of Rehabilitation Physicians (MARP) and Langkawi Inclusive Community Outreach Foundation (LICOF) president Datuk Dr Zaliha Omar.

Being a doctor goes beyond listening with your stethoscope, injecting with a syringe or prescribing medicine, says Datuk Dr Zaliha Omar.

The rehabilitation physician, who has been know as an NGI – or non governmental individual among her peers, has been working with people with disabilities since 1980 and more importantly, finding ways to get people with disabilities to adapt into the societies they are in.