Story: Free Health Check-up, Free Medicines & Blood Donation Campaign conducted, Dubai
Date: 14 December 2015
Announcement
- Over 1200 got benefited from Free Health Check-up &Medicine provided.
- Over 50 residents participated in blood donation.
Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the leading jewellerygroup with over 140 retail outletsgloballyorganized a free medical camp & blood donation campaign in association with Al Baraha Hospital, Dubai Municipality Clinic, Aster Healthcare Centers, Prime Hospital, Manchester Clinic, Maktoum Bin Hamdan Dental College and Life Pharmacy Group on 11thDecember, Friday, 2015 at Al Baraha Hospital auditorium, Dubai.
Over 1200 residents benefitted from the camp. Aiming to ensure the quality health care accessible to everyone, Malabar Gold & Diamonds has been conducting several such health checkup camps in different parts of the Middle East in association with like-minded organizations as a part of their CSR activities. This is the third year in a row that the jewellery group associates with Al Baraha Hospital for the initiative.
Malabar Gold & Diamondsraised awareness among the residents about the importance of blood donation and to encourage maximum people to donate blood. The program drew very good response from the public and over 50 participated in the blood donation drive to support this cause.
The mobile unit was equipped with six stations and blood was donated after preliminary health screening. Malabar Gold & Diamonds organizes blood donation drive in different parts of GCC periodically with support of authorized blood banks as a part of its ongoing CSR activities. They associate with like-minded organizations and undertake several welfare activities in different parts of India, GCC and Singapore for the poor and downtrodden section of the society.
Commenting on the initiative, Mr Shamlal Ahamed, Managing Director – International Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds said ‘We at Malabar Group have always been in the forefront when it comes to organizing CSR initiatives right from the inception of the company. We have kept aside a percentage of our profit for similar CSR activities in all the regions where we operate. We are pleased to participate in this noble cause and we thank Al Baraha Management & Staff for helping us to make this event successful’.
Malabar Gold & Diamonds was honored at the ceremony for their generous contribution & support on the initiative. Mr Shamlal Ahamed M P, Managing Director – International Operations received the memento from Mr. Ahmed Obaid Al Khadeim, Director, Al Baraha Hospital in the presence of Dr. SharifaMohd Al Ammadi, Deputy Director for Financial & Administration Affairs, Al Baraha Hospital; Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Ali, Deputy Tech Director – HOD A/E Internist, Al Baraha Hospital; Mr.Mr Abdul Salam K P, Group Executive Director – Malabar Grou;, Mr. Ameer CMC – Director Finance & Admin, Malabar Gold &Diamond and Mr. Hamza KS, Manager- CSR, Malabar Gold & Diamonds.
This facilitywas open to the public and wasoffered free consultations and diagnosis by expert doctors including General Practitioners, Orthopedicians, Dermatologists, Internists, Dentists,Pediatrician and Dieticians as per the pre registration. Theyused the facility to check their Blood Sugar, Blood pressure, Cholesterol, Multi-functional weighing scale, X-Ray, ECG and can undergo physical examination. Through this camp, they raised the awareness by educating the public to follow a well-balanced diet for a healthy living andexpert dentist have provided basic education on dental care.
The group supports many philanthropic activities and is always ready to take initiatives to help the deprived section in the society. The key focus areas of the CSR initiatives of Malabar Group are in the areas of Health, Education, Women Empowerment, Housing and Environment.The group, which currently has showrooms across GCC, India, Malaysia and Singapore undertakes several welfare activities with the association of like-minded organizations in the respective regions. The organization ensures that a fixed percentage of its net profit is used for CSR activities every year and the charity projects of Malabar Gold & Diamonds have touched the lives of thousands of people.