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"The State High Court, a Hospital, and 28 Students" by Zack Lee

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Based on the title, one would think that an industrial accident had happened. Fortunately, what actually happened this weekend were back-to-back visits to the Penang State High Court and Sunway Medical Centre spread out across two days.


The first day, April 3rd, was the State High Court visit organized by Zack Lee (12) and Nathan Ng (12). With Ms. Keister as their chaperone, the students were ushered into the heritage site and directly into the High Courtroom.


For Aidan Boyd (12), just seeing the courtroom and having its functions explained were his favorite part of the visit as, “it was really different from what you see in movies and TV shows.”


Then, through a subsequent Q & A with a state magistrate and former federal magistrate, the students learned about the inner workings of the legal system as a whole: Ms. Keister’s inquiry about how juries work here revealed that Malaysia actually abolished the jury system, and Zack Lee’s query on why Sabah and Sarawak are the only states with chief justices led to an explanation on how these states have constitutionally separate legal codes.


Afterwards, students were given a tour of the High Courthouse as a whole, walking through the preserved Palladian colonnades that had seen everything from British colonization to Japanese occupation. The highlight of this last segment was easily the massive and surprisingly intricately designed rotunda, which was only re-discovered this year.



The very next day was the Sunway Medical Centre visit, organized by Haw Zheng Choong (12) and Zack Lee (12), with a mostly different set of students. 


After driving all the way to the mainland to get there, students were first given a basic wound care demonstration, followed by a Q & A with an ER surgeon.


This was one of the highlights for Adaiah de Visser (11), who felt that it was “really cool to see how passionate [the ER surgeon] was about his job” and “interesting to learn that he has to perform CPR almost every shift.” 


Towards the end of the Q & A, Chelsea Tan (11) asked the surgeon about his most intense ER experience, which was when he had to treat a man with a chopped off arm who was being chased by loan sharks.


The next station was CPR and AED training, where every student got hands-on experience with actual, accurate equipment. That was what appealed most to Aydan Wong (12), as it was very “comprehensive,” having a “lifelike dummy and an actual defibrillator,” which made an “experience that you can’t get in many other places.”


To end it off, students were given an ambulance showcase where they were able to interact with a fully kitted out ambulance, stretcher, oxygen tanks, and all. 


While having back-to-back visits was tiring for the student organizers, combined, the unique experiences it created for their peers made it worth it.


State Court Visit:


Paul Hsu (10) and Aydan Wong (12)

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