Dr Te (front row, second from left) with the Chinese Medicine team and the
medical services personnel of the PKRC centre
The Chinese Medicine team, consisting of UTAR Department of Chinese
Medicine, GHHS Chinese Medical Centre, and Malaysian Chinese Medical Society
of Epidemic Control and Prevention (CMEC), provided Chinese Medicine
consultation services and standard care for COVID-19 patients at the PKRC
(Pusat Kuarantin & Rawatan COVID-19 Berisiko Rendah) located at Unicorn
Hotel along the KL-Seremban Highway.
This is the first time that the Chinese Medicine team came together as a
collaborative effort to assist COVID-19 patients at the Unicorn Hotel PKRC.
This PKRC is operated by the Kajang Plaza Medical Centre (KPMC). The
Centre provides patients with two health check-ups a day, and medical
personnel are stationed at the Centre 24 hours a day to care for the
patients.
The Chinese Medicine team collectively adopted CMEC's “Chinese Medicine
Practice Guidelines for COVID-19 in Malaysia" to provide Chinese Medicine
consultation services to COVID-19 patients with a method based on syndrome
differentiation.
The team members involved in the Chinese Medicine consultations were UTAR
Department of Chinese Medicine Head-cum-CMEC President Assoc Prof Dr Te Kian
Keong, Practitioner Connie Shu Siew Ing and Practitioner Goh Suh Kae who are
also UTAR alumni, Practitioner Kung Wan Jing, Practitioner Choo Zi Xian and
Practitioner Kung Shun Ren.
“CMEC has cooperated with multiple parties to fight the pandemic for more
than a year. The Society provided online consultation services to more than
5,000 people, of which nearly 4,000 were people with close contacts to
COVID-19 patients, COVID-19 patients or discharged patients. These previous
experiences have laid the foundation for Chinese Medicine to join in the
fight against the pandemic, and also brought the various parties together
for collaborative effort,” said Dr Te. He added that the Chinese Medicine
consultation services have been well-received and appreciated by the
patients.
This collaboration is one of the pioneering efforts between Chinese Medicine
and Western Medicine in the fight against the COVID-19 virus outside China.
This is also the first PKRC in Malaysia to provide close monitoring and
treatment in Western Medicine while offering Chinese Medicine consultation
services for symptoms relief. The Chinese Medicine consultation is a
voluntary option for the COVID-19 patients at the PKRC Centre. They can
choose to opt for the Chinese Medicine services depending on their health
conditions.
For further details, you may call KPMC at 019-2898958 or WhatsApp at
011-61615051. You may also leave a message at the
CMEC Facebook.
Discussion among team members (left) and with patients (right)
Dr Te (right) and Connie Shu visiting foreign patients at the PKRC Centre
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