Noorainee talks with Nurul Asyikin Zamri, 14, during her working visit to Hospital Tuanku Jaafar in Seremban. — Bernama photo
SEREMBAN: A total of 50,000 students undergoing hospitalisation or rehabilitation have benefited from 13 hospital schools managed by the Nurul Yaqeen Foundation nationwide since its establishment in 2011.
Patron of the foundation’s Caring Heart Project, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman, said hospital schools had a positive impact on sick students, especially those who had to take public examinations in hospitals.
“This was evident when one of the patients who studied at the hospital school in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian in Kelantan, Amar Ma’arof, was declared ‘Best Candidate’ when he scored 7As and 2Bs in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia last year.
“It’s success like this which inspires teachers and all those who work together for the success of hospital schools,” she told reporters after a working visit to such a school at Hospital Tuanku Jaafar here yesterday.
Noorainee, who is the wife of the deputy prime minister, said that another hospital school was in the pipeline for Terengganu and it was still in the planning stage.
These schools cater for preschool and secondary school learning and are in two sessions, from 10 am to 12 noon and 2pm to 4pm.
“Hospital schools aim to ensure that school-age pupils undergoing treatment at hospitals can continue with their studies and not miss out on their school lessons, besides they will be occupied and not have to just lie in bed looking at the wall and ceiling,” she said.
During the event, the group managing director of DRB-Hicom Bhd, Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil, handed over a donation of RM100,000 on behalf of the corporation to the Nurul Yaqeen Foundation. — Bernama