MELAKA: Bersama candidate Dr Bryan Kek set aside part of his campaign schedule to visit a bedridden patient at home, and pledged to start a community home care pilot project within six months if elected on Saturday (Nov 14).
The 35-year-old, who is contesting the Kesidang state seat in the Melaka polls, said the senior citizen is a long-time patient who cannot travel to his clinic in Batu Berendam here because of limited mobility.
He reviewed the patient's condition and medication and spoke with family members about daily care.
Dr Kek said that, if elected, he would enlist volunteer doctors, nurses and allied health professionals under the proposed pilot project to visit bedridden senior citizens and low-income households in the constituency.
"A state assemblyman cannot replace the healthcare system, but he can organise the community around it.
"Kesidang has doctors, nurses and pharmacists who want to help, and my job is to connect them with the families who need them most," he said when met on Monday (Nov 9).
He thanked the patient's family for allowing the visit to be made public.
"The family also hopes that if the patient's plight is highlighted, it will draw attention to the needs of the homebound and their caregivers," he added.
Dr Kek will be facing Pakatan Harapan incumbent Allex Seah Shoo Chin and Perikatan Nasional’s Albert Kok in a three-cornered fight.
Early voting for the Melaka state election will take place on Tuesday (Nov 10), with polling day on Saturday (Nov 14).
