Opening of the first overseas Douglas Bader Walking School located within the Medical Rehabilitation Unit within the University of Malaya.
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David Bickers, Chairman of the Douglas Bader Foundation and son-in-law of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, has returned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he attended the official opening of the first Douglas Bader Walking School outside of the UK on the 13th June 2005.
“We first identified an opportunity to both help and highlight the plight of amputee disabled in Malaysia three years ago. Following meetings with the University of Malaysia Medical Centre and in particular with Associate Professor Dato’ Dr Zaliha Omar, Head of the Rehabilitation Unit, and subsequently with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, we have finally achieved our goal,” Mr. Bickers said to-day. “UMMC is most fortunate in being the recipient of the first Bader Walking School in Malaysia. The School will benefit various categories of patients who are learning or relearning to walk.
The Medical Rehabilitation Unit managed 50,000 patients last year with a workload of 151,000 patient treatments. More than half of them can benefit from activities in the Walking School,” commented Dr Zaliha Omar in her launch address. “HSBC’s involvement in the walking school is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. I hope that the bank’s contribution will make a difference to the lives of these patients, as they will now be able to access quality care with state-of-the-art facilities that are affordable at the UMMC Douglas Bader Walking School,” said Mr John Coverdale.
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