Teddy Bear Hospital by Imacats, Toys Need Imaginary Medical Attention Too.

Date: 27 & 28 November 2015

Time: 10.00 pagi – 9.00 malam

Venue: Shah Alam Convention Centre (SACC)

The Malaysia Islam Children’s Fair (MICF) or “Pesta Kanak-Kanak Islam Malaysia” is for all Malaysian children of all ages, said Dayang Lily Maznah Abang Muas, MICF Chairman. This is a platform to organize various activities, products and services related to Islamic education.

Moreover, MICF also launched a special program called: “Teddy Bear Hospital Program”, which is under the direction of Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia Childs and Teens Super Team (IMACAT). This program asked children to bring their own toys for respective health to have basic check-ups. This helped children to experience how medical experts perform body check-ups. We believe this is an immersive and interactive experience for the children to learn first-hand information about basic health check-ups.

Eartistic Hearing and Balance Centre had played a role on hearing health education in this program. We were glad to have 4 audiologists and a nurse to participate in this program. Through this program, we were able to expose children to the fundamentals of hearing screening, so they got to experience how an audiologist diagnose one’s hearing level, the importance of hearing aids, and the symptoms of hearing impairment. We also had a fun Q&A session with the children. Some of the questions were:

“How you can lose your hearing?”

“Can I pick my ear with cotton bud?”

“Is wearing hearing aids painful?”

We highly recommend everyone to discuss about health topics with their children because it does not only raise children’s awareness on various health topics, it also helps building their confidence to speak up and share ideas. Furthermore, this empowers children to realize that they have the rights and responsibility to take good care of their body.

Besides our hearing screening session, there were simulations on dental check-ups and MRI scans, performed by the medical students from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) dan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Last but not least, we had a colouring session with the children on the logo of “Teddy Bear Hospital”.