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- Published on Monday, 11 January 2016 14:22
Bakar's wife, Norsiah Said, 74, said her husband was partially paralysed after suffering a stroke in 2010 but after falling down two years ago, he could no longer move and has been bedridden ever since.
"Thank God and thanks to Datuk (Shahbudin) for contributing an adjustable bed to help facilitate managing him (Bakar) mainly to give him a bath and to feed him.
"If not, I would have to wait for my children or grandchildren to come home to help me bathe him as it is difficult to lift him," she told reporters after receiving the aid from Shahbudin at her home in Pokok Sena here, Sunday.
Norsiah, who herself suffers from high blood pressure and knee pain said two of her four children aged, 48 to 60, lived not far from the house, while two others stayed outside of Penang.
Norsiah said they were fortunate as Bakar received a pension of RM500 per month as a former military personnel, and it helped ease the burden of cost to look after her husband's needs.
"The cost of disposable diapers and medication for my husband alone is just over RM400 a month, and fortunately our children and grandchildren also help us," she said.
Meanwhile, Bakar's granddaughter, Nurul Nadia Mohd Hanafia, 20, said after she finished her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), she did not work far away from home in order to look after her grandparents.
"I could not bear to leave grandmother to look after grandfather on her own, with old age she certainly wouldn't have the strength to take him to the bathroom," she said.
Meanwhile Shahbudin, who is also Tasek Gelugor UMNO Division chairman, when met by reporters said his office would also provide disposable diapers to Bakar every month and that such aids were always handed out to chronic patients in the constituency.Ex-military officer Bakar Saad, 87, who is fully paralysed, received the attention of Tasek Gelugor Member of Parliament Datuk Shahbudin Yahya, who donated an adjustable bed to facilitate his care.
Bakar's wife, Norsiah Said, 74, said her husband was partially paralysed after suffering a stroke in 2010 but after falling down two years ago, he could no longer move and has been bedridden ever since.
"Thank God and thanks to Datuk (Shahbudin) for contributing an adjustable bed to help facilitate managing him (Bakar) mainly to give him a bath and to feed him.
"If not, I would have to wait for my children or grandchildren to come home to help me bathe him as it is difficult to lift him," she told reporters after receiving the aid from Shahbudin at her home in Pokok Sena here, Sunday.
Norsiah, who herself suffers from high blood pressure and knee pain said two of her four children aged, 48 to 60, lived not far from the house, while two others stayed outside of Penang.
Norsiah said they were fortunate as Bakar received a pension of RM500 per month as a former military personnel, and it helped ease the burden of cost to look after her husband's needs.
"The cost of disposable diapers and medication for my husband alone is just over RM400 a month, and fortunately our children and grandchildren also help us," she said.
Meanwhile, Bakar's granddaughter, Nurul Nadia Mohd Hanafia, 20, said after she finished her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), she did not work far away from home in order to look after her grandparents.
"I could not bear to leave grandmother to look after grandfather on her own, with old age she certainly wouldn't have the strength to take him to the bathroom," she said.
Meanwhile Shahbudin, who is also Tasek Gelugor UMNO Division chairman, when met by reporters said his office would also provide disposable diapers to Bakar every month and that such aids were always handed out to chronic patients in the constituency.
- Bernama
