Tung Shin Hospital visits FMHS

Sung (centre) receiving souvenirs from Prof Dr Cheong while (from left) Dr Te, Gan, Prof Dr Soo, Prof Dato' Dr Shong,  See, Tan, Huang, Wong, and Chong look on

"Your library is well-stocked; it has everything," said Tung Shin Hospital Director Sung Siew Thong during a two-hour visit together with five of his colleagues at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at UTAR Sungai Long Campus on 25 September 2013. 

The other delegates from Tung Shin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur were Director See Kam Fook, Administrator Caroline Tan, Chinese Medicine Division Deputy Superintendent Huang Ching Hui, Management Information Systems Manager Henry Wong and Assistant Library Head Chong Chen Foong.  The main purpose of their visit was to know more about the book labelling and software system used in the library and to visit the Centre for Research in Traditional Chinese Medicine (CRTCM) in FMHS.

Tung Shin Hospital was founded at Sultan Street, Kuala Lumpur in 1881 by Kapitan Cina Yap Kwan Seng as Pooi Shin Thong when it was only providing traditional medical care for patients. In 1894 it was converted into a not-for-profit organisation, renamed Tung Shin Hospital and relocated to the present address. Many buildings were added since 1917. The new block with a built-up floor area of 180,000 square feet was operational since January 2006. It houses the Chinese Medical Department with out-patient clinics, in-patient ward with bed capacity of 108 beds, administration office, Tung Shin Academy of Nursing and hostel for 250 staff members.

FMHS Dean Emeritus Prof Dr Cheong Soon Keng led his faculty staff, Surgery Department Head Prof Dato' Dr Shong Hing Kock, Medicine Department Head Prof Dr Shelly Soo, Chinese Medicine Department Head Dr Te Kian Keong and Senior Assistant Library Manager Girlie Gan to receive the delegates.

The delegates were given a tour of the faculty.  They visited the Clinical Skills Unit, Multidisciplinary Unit, and Medical Museum before they were brought to the CRTCM.  There, they were briefed and shown samples of various plant- and animal-based traditional medicines used by TCM practitioners. They later visited the library where Gan briefed them on library management.

"Students nowadays are fortunate as there are a lot of facilities available to help them in their studies," said Sung at the end of the visit.  He also thanked the hosts for their hospitality throughout the visit.

 

Tan (left) and Wong looking at a human skeleton model in the Medical Museum

UTAR Department of Chinese Medicine Specialist Wang Chaozheng (left) explaining to Sung at CRTCM

Gan showing the visitors the UTAR library online software system