Charity Musical

This one night charity musical is being presented by the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre and Penang Pac (Performing Arts Centre of Penang) on 11 January 2012, 8.30pm at the Penang Performing Arts Centre, Straits Quay, Jalan Sri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Tokong.

All proceeds from the musical is being donated to the Penang Hospice Society. Your support in either promoting or by purchasing tickets for this charity musical will be very much appreciated.

Tickets are available at Hospice. Please call 04-228 4140 for more details.

Talk on Qigong

Title: Power of qigong to fight illnesses - special emphasis on cancer

Date: Sunday 27 November 2011
Time: 10.00am to 11.30am
Venue: Tong Sian Primary School, Jln Dato Keramat
(next to Convent Dato Keramat School)
Speaker: Ooi Kean Hin
Ticket: free of charge, all are welcome!

For further info, please contact Island Zhineng Qigong Centre
Tel: +6016 451 1103 (Ooi Kean Hin)
Website: qigongzhineng.wordpress.com

Christmas Tree Ribbon Campaign at Paradise Sandy Beach Resort

All cancer survivors, volunteers and supporters are invited to join the lighting up of Christmas Tree Ribbon Campaign on 2 December 2011 at 8.00 pm at the Paradise Sandy Beach Resort, Penang. 

 For further information, please call Ms Virginia Ann @ 019 543  4833.

Subsidi Mamogram oleh LPPKN

Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara (LPPKN) menawarkan subsidi mamogram untuk wanita Malaysia seperti berikut:

1. MAMOGRAM SECARA PERCUMA
(LPPKN menanggung kos sepenuhnya)

• Warganegara Malaysia dan Penduduk Tetap
• Wanita yang berisiko tinggi dirujuk oleh LPPKN di bawah Program Subsidi Ujian Mamogram
• Berumur 35 - 70 tahun
• Berpendapatan RM5000 dan ke bawah

2. SUBSIDI RM50
(LPPKN menanggung kos sebanyak RM50 dan kos selebihnya ditanggung oleh klien)

• Warganegara Malaysia dan Penduduk Tetap
• Wanita yang berisiko tinggi dirujuk oleh LPPKN di bawah Program Subsidi Ujian Mamogram
• Berumur 35 - 70 tahun
• Berpendapatan RM5001 dan ke atas

Sila hubungi pejabat atau Klinik Nur Sejahtera LPPKN negeri untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai subsidi mamogram ini.

LPPKN Negeri Pulau Pinang
No. 245 Jalan Burmah
10790 Penang
Tel: 04-2260627
Website LPPKN: http://www.lppkn.gov.my/lppkn/
Senarai klinik Nur Sejahtera LPPKN: klik sini (klik pada nama negeri)


Klinik LPPKN di Pulau Pinang:

Klinik Nur Sejahtera Jalan Burmah
No. 245 Jalan Burmah
10790 Penang
Tel:             04-226 0627      

Klinik Nur Sejahtera Seberang Jaya
14 Hala Kalui, Seberang Jaya
13700 Perai
Tel:             04-390 4104     

Mammogram Screening

SUBSIDY PROGRAMME FOR MAMMOGRAM SCREENING
by LPPKN (Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara)

1. FREE MAMMOGRAM

• Malaysian citizens and permanent residents
• High risk women referred by LPPKN under the Subsidy Programme for Mammogram Screening
• Age 35 - 70 years
• Monthly household income of RM5000 or less
  

2. RM50 Subsidy

• Malaysian citizens and permanent residents
• High risk women referred by LPPKN under the Subsidy Programme for Mammogram Screening
• Age 35 - 70 years
• Monthly household income above RM5000
  

LPPKN's Criteria for High Risk Women

(Source: LPPKN flyer)



LPPKN Clinics in Penang:

Klinik Nur Sejahtera Jalan Burmah
No. 245 Jalan Burmah
10790 Penang
Tel: 04-226 0627

Klinik Nur Sejahtera Seberang Jaya
14 Hala Kalui, Seberang Jaya
13700 Perai
Tel: 04-390 4104

Love your Breasts! Fundraising Carnival

Please call Columbia Asia Hospital at 03-9086 9999 for further information.

Public Talk on NPC

Public Talk 'Helping Skills'

Public Talk on Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness

OCTOBER is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Let's Focus on PREVENTION and DETECTION

MAINTAIN a HEALTHY Body Weight
MAINTAIN a HEALTHY Diet
BE PHYSICALLY Active
EARLY DETECTION saves LIVES

NCSM Penang is offering *FREE MAMMOGRAMS during OCTOBER month
(For details please contact Rebecca or Noriah at 04 261 4140)

* For women age 40 and above who have not had a mammogram done before.

Relay 2011 pictures

Relay For Life 2011

1 & 2 October 2011

Taman Perbandaran Pulau Pinang/Youth Park

 

Purple Couch / 2011 Sponsors

Relay 2011 site plan

Relay track

Relay 2011 stage

Relayers' registration tent

Survivors' tent

Organisers

Supporters

Welcome address

Survivors' lap

Relayers 2011

Stalls

Sunday - hair shaving ceremony graced by CM

photos credit to chin kim. tq.

Check on RFL website for more pictures.

Vacancy: Programme Officer

[updated Feb 2013]

Please email your resume to Nor <ncsmpg@gmail.com>, or post it to NCSMPg, 250A Jalan Air Itam, 10460 Penang. 

Requirements:
Qualifications - minimum SPM or its equivalent
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Able to work independently
Computer literate
Salary will commensurate with experience


Duties:
1. Resource Development

• Plan and implement fund raising activities
• Plan for/and develop volunteers as resource

2. Public Relations

• Plan and implement cancer/hospice awareness in the community
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with both private and public bodies/organisations involved in hospice/cancer care in Penang

3. Education and Training

• Assist in promotion of cancer/palliative care education and training for volunteers, staff and other health professionals
• Assist in developing resources for education and training

4. Publications

• Assist in the production of publications of the Society

5. Social Service

• When requested investigate and help hospice/cancer patients requiring financial aid

6. Reports

• To submit reports on above duties from time to time

7. Other Duties

• To undertake any other duties deemed appropriate

Vacancy: Administrative Assistant

Requirements: Qualification - minimum SPM or its equivalent with accounting knowledge.
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Computer literate with strong skills in Ms Office.

DUTIES

Administrative:

• Responsibility for all correspondence and follow-up work and other related matters of the Society as may be assigned to you from time to time by the Exco or its designated officers.
• Maintenance of records and other documents to ensure the uninterrupted services of the Society.
• Responsible for stationery items and office equipment needed and to replenish as necessary
• Overseeing the preparation for meetings or trainings and assist as needed.

Accounts

• Prepare cheques for payments as required
• Prepare and submit monthly returns as required
• Keep an updated records of receipts and payments accounts
• Banking activities – arrange for all cheques and money received to be banked-in as and when required
• Other accounting duties as may be allocated to you

Others

• Other office work as may be assigned to you from time to time by the CEO or designated Exco officers
• To provide administrative support for other patient support programmes as required
• To cover the duties of other administrative staff when necessary

Vacancy: Junior Clerk

Requirements: 
Pleasant personality with good interpersonal and communication skills
Qualification - minimum SPM or its equivalent.
Computer literate.

DUTIES:

Receptionist duty 

• To receive and transfer calls/take and convey messages as required
• To receive and direct requests for help or information to the designated officials

Office work including

• To provide clerical services for administrative and projects of the Society as required
• Assist in preparing and making arrangements for meeting and training
• Prepare and assist with audio visual equipment for meeting/training as required
• To receive and file correspondence and arrange for replies as required
• Keep records of donations received and send out thank you letters as required
• Photocopying, mailing, filing

Others 

• Other office work as may be assigned to you by the Management or their representatives
• To cover the duties of other administrative staff when necessary

Let's RELAY

Relay For Life 2011

1 & 2 October 2011

Taman Perbandaran Pulau Pinang/Youth Park

Go to the Relay website for latest news. Contact Bhanu/Chitra [04-228 4140] to participate.

Rockin' Rock & Roll

Friday 4 November 2011

E & O Ballroom

Reservations and enquiries:

Anita Pater 016 442 5353

Karen H'ng 012 498 5119

Michelle Tan 012 402 1515

Charity Cruise

3-Night Phuket & Krabi Cruise - departing from Penang.

Date: Sunday 13 November 2011

Valid international passport is required.

Proceeds will be donated to NCSM & Penang Hospice Society to build a hospice centre in Georgetown that provides both hospice at home and inpatient hospice care services. 

Cabin types:

Ocean view - twin sharing: RM2,000 per cabin

Inside stateroom - twin sharing: RM1,600 per cabin

(excluding fuel surcharge and handling fee of RM196 per pax)

Please make cheques payable to: National Cancer Society of Malaysia, Penang Branch.

Tax-exempt receipts will be issued. Further enquiries, please call Chitra at 04-228 4140.
Supported by Star Cruises

Reuse, Reduce, Recycle

Public Talk: 3R's for eco friendly environment

Venue: Rumah Hospis Pulau Pinang

 

Volunteerism

Public Talk: Volunteerism

Venue: Rumah Hospis Pulau Pinang

[location map]

Tel: 04-228 4140

Bulletin July 2011

Bulletin July 2011

World NO TOBACCO Day (WNTD) 2011

In conjunction with the World No Tobacco Day 2011, the National Cancer Society of Malaysia, Penang Branch with the support of Pusat Racun Negara, USM; Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pulau Pinang; Penang Adventist Hospital; Health Promotion Board; MMA Penang; PMPS; MTUC Penang Branch; Consumer Association of Penang and Green Lung are organising a 2-day event on the 28th and 29th of May.

The programme for the two days is as follows:

Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 May 2011
EXHIBITION BOOTHS 11.00 am - 7.00 pm
Ground Floor, North Zone of Queensbay Mall Penang.

Sunday 29 May 2011 WNTD LAUNCHING CEREMONY 3.30 pm - 6.00 pm
Ground Floor, North Zone of Queensbay Mall Penang.

Programme for launching ceremony 3.30 pm  Arrival of guests
4.00 pm  Arrival of VIPs
4.15 pm  Welcoming address by Penang Adventist Hospital
4.20 pm  Address by Organising Chairman, NCSM, Penang Branch
4.25 pm  Address by Guest-of-Honour (YB Phee Boon Poh)
4.35 pm  Official launching of FCTC (Propose releasing banner that display FCTC)
               Bread Basket presentation
4.40 pm  Drama on FCTC incorporating Smoke Free environment
5.00 pm  Tour of Exhibition Booths
5.30 pm  Press conference & light refreshments
6.00 pm  End of launching ceremony

Sunday 29 May 2011
WORKSHOP FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS "Role of Health Professionals in Tobacco Control"
0830 am – 1.00 pm
Dewan Peperiksaan Pelajar, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Please do come and support this event, should you need any other information, please contact Chitra at 04-228 4140 or email chitra.ncsmpg@gmail.com.

Befrienders Penang

Talk Preview Interview 2011

Hospice Bulletin April 2011

Hospice Bulletin April 2011

addendum (for page 1 article):

Talk on Colon Cancer

Venue:  Adventist Hospital, Auditorium Level 2, Adventist Specialist Complex.
Date: Sunday 10 April 2011, 2.30 - 5.00 pm

The National Cancer Society will be distributing free Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) kits for those over 50 years old. The FOBT is a screening test for colorectal cancer. 

Please pass this message on to your family members and friends.

Health Awareness Talk - Prostate Cancer

Saturday 26 March 2011

3.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Venue: Rumah Hospis Pulau Pinang [map]

Limited places. 

Please register @ 04-228 4140 or email to chitra.ncsmpg@gmail.com

FOBT Screening Programme

Sunday, 13 March 2011

8.00 am - 12 noon
Caring Society Complex [map]

8.00 am - 10.00 am
Registration 
Blood tests for Fasting Blood Sugar, Cholesterol and Helicobacter Pylori Antibody
Blood Pressure Reading
Distribution of Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Kits
Breakfast

10.00 am - 10.30 am
Speeches:

YB Phee Boon Poh

Mr. Lawrence Cheah (Senior Citizens' Association)  

Dato' Seri Dr T Devaraj (NCSMPg)

10.30 am - 11.30 am
Talk on "Early Detection and Prevention of Stomach & Colorectal Cancer" by Dato' Dr Robert Ding, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Island Hospital

Explanation on methodology of FOBT by Mr Wimal Jinadasa

11.30 am - 12.00 noon
Snacks and refreshments

Relay For Life 2011 Launch Invitation

Sunday, 20 March 2011

5.45 pm

Shangrila's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa

Please RSVP to relay.for.life.pg@gmail.com by 16 March 2011.

RFL 2011 Launch Invitation

Cancer Awareness Talk

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Time: 8.00 am - 12.00 noon

Venue: Penang Caring Society Complex (Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang)

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Health Awareness Talk

Saturday, 26 Feb 2011

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

2nd Floor, Seminar Room, Island Hospital, Penang

in conjunction with World Cancer Day 2011

Counselling Course 2011

Venue: Rumah Hospis Pulau Pinang [map]
19 June - 11 Sept 2011
All sessions on Sundays except 1 on Saturday.

Tentative schedule

Counselling Course 2011


Limited places.
Please email Nor to confirm/enquire.

Visits from Colchester

14 January 2011

Lunch treat at Lily's Kitchen

Thank you Mr Mike Hogg, Helen and the Rotary Club of Colchester Centurion 

for fabulous food and great company.