ALTY Orthopaedic Hospital (ALTY) through its #Sports4All campaign will be empowering the Malaysian Blind Football Team as strategic healthcare partner. The Malaysian Blind Football team comprises of athletes with a full visual impairment classified as B1.
Through this partnership, ALTY will be providing support in the form of placing medical teams on standby during blind football matches, physio treatments during training, an assortment of sports tapes, pre-competition health screenings, and educational workshops on injury prevention and rehab for the visually impaired athletes.
The Malaysian Blind Football Team will also be receiving sports sprays and gel to better equip them throughout trainings and matches.
Assoc. Prof. (C) Dr G Ruslan Nazaruddin Simanjuntak, Chairman of ALTY Orthopaedic Hospital, said, “ALTY is home to committed sports surgeons who are dedicated to providing the best treatments to athletes everywhere.”
Head Coach & Technical Director Sunny Shalesh is elated with the initiative by ALTY Orthopaedic Hospital as he says this partnership will further strengthen its agenda for high-performance development for the national team athletes.
“The team was long in need of a strategic healthcare partner to provide professional advice and medical services. With the sponsorship of rehab supplies & medical support services, we will now be able to work alongside ALTY to better manage injuries sustained by visually impaired athletes and the rehabilitation process to enable “return to play”.
Commenting on the partnership, Jeff Bote, Country Manager of Viatris Malaysia said; “Through this partnership, Viatris will also provide ALTY Orthopaedic Hospital with sports-related educational content, especially on the prevention and management of sports injuries.”
Milestones Achieved By The Malaysian Blind Football Team
2013 – ASEAN Para Games Silver Medal
2015 – ASEAN Para Games Gold Medal
2016 – Ranked ASEAN Number 1
2017 – ASEAN Para Games Bronze Medal
2017 – Ranked World Number 17
2018 – Ranked ASEAN Number 6
The #Sports4All campaign will be running throughout August till November with further initiatives carried out to support athletes from different backgrounds and sports in the forms of webinars, workshops, and screenings.
