Genting Bhd presents Dementia Care Centre to UM

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- Genting Bhd presented its Dementia Care Centre in Segambut here to the new management team, led by the Geriatric Division, Universiti Malaya (UM).

Its chairman, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, said the centre was built following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Genting Bhd and UM during the inaugural Genting Founder’s Day held on February last year.

“Genting Bhd has over the past decade been involved in research and development for new treatments and new ways for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease through our various investments in life sciences companies.

“We hope that our investments will benefit Malaysia, through knowledge transfer via collaborations between the world-class companies and researchers with our local universities and local researchers, by bringing cutting edge technology to Malaysia to combat ageing and diseases and through creating employment in Malaysia,” he said in his speech at the handover of the Dementia Care Centre to UM in conjunction with Genting Group Founder’s Day celebration.

Lim said the centre was purposely built and designed to offer day care services for people suffering from dementia and would be operated on a charitable basis as part of the Genting Bhd corporate social responsibility.

The Dementia Care Centre is designed to accommodate up to 50 patients at any one time including facilities such as resting room, prayer room, physiotherapy and cognitive stimulation room, consultation rooms, meeting rooms and offices, he added.

-- BERNAMA