Last Saturday 26 September, my wife and I attended the Hepatitis B Support Group AGM held at National University Hospital. It was good to meet this group of caring people, all volunteers who could easily have spent their Saturday afternoon elsewhere with relatives and friends picnicking or doing other things.
This group began with a few concerned people who either they themselves or their relatives have been the victims of Hepatitis B. We heard many testimonies of what they had to go through. The group under the chairmanship of Mr. Ting Chung Hua have worked hard and given sacrificially of their time and money to get the group started. Eventually it was registered on 8th August 2007. The roll at the moment numbers more than 300 members and we are numbers 5 and 6. We have attended every seminar where experts were invited to talk on this subject. My sister in law, Angela Fong and daughter Jaclynn are also members in fact the latter is now the assistant Treasurer.
On Saturday at the AGM the newly elected committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Vincent Wee pledged to continue with the good work of the original committee take the group further. The group hopes to recruit more members for the stronger we are the more effective we can be in making representations to Government for support in our effort to make the public aware of the dangers of Hepatitis B. A/Professor Lim Seng Gee is the Advisor. He is the head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the National University.
We thank God for people who are passionate in working for the benefit of others.They deserve our support.
Anyone reading this, if you care to join this support group, please let us know and we'll get you the forms.
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