MELAKA: Bersama candidate Dr Bryan Kek set aside part of his campaign schedule to visit a bedridden patient at home, before pledging to start a community home-care programme within six months if given the mandate on Nov 14.
The 35-year-old, who is contesting in Kesidang, said the senior citizen was a long-time patient whose limited mobility made it difficult for the individual to travel for medical attention.
He said the visit was part of the patient’s ongoing care.
Dr Kek said he would enlist volunteer doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to visit senior citizens and low-income households in the constituency if elected.
“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 thanked the patient’s family for allowing the visit to be shared publicly as he will be contesting in the state election.
“The family hopes that if the plight is highlighted, it will draw attention to the needs of home-bound patients and their caregivers,” he added.
Dr Kek will be contesting against Pakatan Harapan’s Allex Seah Shoo Chin who is the incumbent and Perikatan Nasional’s Albert Kok.
