Violinist seeks more gigs to foot ailing father’s medical bills

 

Local violinist Endang Hyder is offering to perform at events and programmes at RM2,500 per show in order to cover her diabetic father’s medical bills.

PETALING JAYA: A local violinist is offering to perform at various events and functions at just RM2,500 per show in order to cover her diabetic father’s medical bills.

Ell Zain Hyder, better known as Endang Hyder, drew attention recently when she made her offer on Twitter. She had also started an online fundraiser on a Muslim crowdfunding website Launch Good.

Endang, 37, a music teacher, has been playing the violin since she was 10 and studied classical music in Northern Ireland.

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She said her father, Zainuddin Ottok, had suffered from diabetes since 2010. He has since had both legs amputated, while his vision was also waning.

Endang Hyder as a child with her father, Zainuddin Ottok.

“My father’s condition is getting better but he needs to be cared for all the time now,” she told FMT. She spends about RM5,000 a month on her father’s medical expenses.

Her career commitment will also require her to travel to Indonesia soon for about a month. While her mother and sister help in taking care of Zainuddin, a former teacher, she said they were still shorthanded.

She hopes to raise about RM20,000 in order to hire a registered male nurse and a female helper to help look after her father every day.

While she had initially started the online fundraiser for her father’s regular treatment and to purchase equipment for him, including an electric wheelchair, she now hopes to have his eye treated too.

She expressed gratitude over the donations that had poured in even from overseas, which have enabled to make things a little bit easier for her father.

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“Through the website, I will be giving updates on my father’s expenses for every contribution made by members of the public,” she said, adding that Zainuddin was also receiving a zakat allowance from Tualang Sekah assemblyman Azlan Helmi. - FMT