Personal health kits for pilgrims

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CHEMICAL Company of Malaysia Berhad (CCM) has contributed 29,000 sets of personal health kits worth RM660,000 to pilgrims performing the haj this year through the Sahabat Korporat Tabung Haji programme.

Since 2004, CCM has donated 233,000 health kits worth more than RM4.7mil in line with the group’s pledge to contribute towards the wellbeing of Malaysian pilgrims.

This year, CCM’s corporate social responsibility initiative also benefits Singaporean and Bruneian pilgrims who received 2,500 and 2,000 sets respectively, worth over RM90,000.

Pleasant journey: CCM Pharmaceuticals brand executive Siti Munira Mariman (right) showing the products in the health kit to Dahlia Rahim, 51, who will be performing the haj for the first time with her husband, Zainal Abidin Jamaluddin, 59, (left) and their 10 year-old son, Tariq Affandy.

CCM Bhd group managing director, Datuk Dr Mohd Hashim Tajudin said the Group was committed to make the haj a safe, healthy, memorable and hassle-free spiritual journey for the pilgrims.

“During the haj, millions of pilgrims from all over the world converge and travel to holy sites in and around Makkah and Medina under extreme heat and dusty conditions. These circumstances expose them to possible ailments such as headaches, eye irritation, sore throat and muscular pain.

“Therefore, it is important for pilgrims to pay extra attention to their health and strengthen their immune system to avoid from falling sick during this demanding period, especially in the wake of the A (H1N1) pandemic,” said Hashim.

“Our health kits contain items to treat and manage simple ailments as well as improving the pilgrims’ overall health. The kits are small and portable, enabling pilgrims to conveniently carry them around wherever they go,” he added.

Each health kit includes CCM Pharmaceutical Division’s products such as Flavettes Vitamin C to strengthen the body’s resistance by boosting the immune system; Uphamol 650 for safe and effective relief from headaches, pain or fever; Sloans ointment to provide relief for muscular aches and pains; O-Fresh for daily oral hygiene and protection against germs that cause bad breath and dental plaque; Flavettes Lozenges to provide instant relief for sore throats and Eye Glo to relieve eye irritations caused by dry conditions.