NGO has dialysis patients at heart

(From right) Penang Caring Dialysis Society deputy chairman Loh Guat Hong, Kim Chuan, Thoon Deong and committee member Loh Ai Lean presenting a box of mandarin oranges and ang pow to Pan at the dialysis centre at Transfer Road in George Town, Penang.

FOR four hours a day, three days a week, people with kidney failure must diligently undergo dialysis treatment to have a normal life.

But for some of the patients at the Caring Dialysis Centre in MCA headquarters, Penang, the monotony of their medical regime was broken with some Gong Xi Fa Cai cheer recently.