Antara 2 Darjat

Antara 2 Darjat (Between 2 classes) is a 1960 Malaysian drama film directed by and starring Malaysian legend P. Ramlee. I was introduced by this film by my mom. She always cry watching this movie but i usually fall asleep mid way. This is a story about a love between a rich girl to very unfortunate poor boy. As usual, the rich father which has all the power always not happy in their relationship as the poor boy is not same "standard". But like others epic movie, their true love destined them to be together.

This is the synopsis of this film which i copied from wikepedia:

The film tells the tale of Tengku Zaleha (Saadiah), the daughter of a wealthy man, who is in love with a poor pianist named Ghazali (P. Ramlee). Tengku Zaleha is the only daughter of Tengku Karim (Ahmad Nisfu), a very class-conscious landlord who has two children, the other being Tengku Hassan. Hassan is from Karim's deceased first wife while Zaleha is from his second (present) wife, Yang Chik (Rahimah Alias), who is not of royal blood and is an ex-cabaret girl.

After Zaleha completes her studies, her father buys her a bungalow in Johor Baru where she meets and falls in love with Ghazali after he performs at her birthday party. Karim hears of the romance and decides to stop it. He gets his men to beat up Ghazali and at the same time takes his daughter back to Singapore.

Yang Chik resents Karim's way of treating Zaleha. She believes that Zaleha should be allowed to marry the man of her choice. However, Karim and Hassan insist that Zaleha must marry her cousin, Tengku Mukri (S. Kadarisman), who is of the "right" lineage. In a heated and violent argument that follows, Hassan hits Yang Chik with a heavy object and kills her. Hassan is arrested and subsequently sentenced to death. Karim is terribly upset with the death of his wife and only son and becomes mentally unstable and ends up in an asylum.

Mukri's father, Tengku Ismail, confronts Zaleha with a letter which he claims was written by Karim. After reading it and believing it to be genuine, Zaleha has no choice but marry Mukri. After the marriage, they leave for Zaleha's bungalow in Johor to spend their honeymoon. They are accompanied by a close friend, Tengku Aziz (Yusof Latiff).

When the piano at the bungalow is out of order, a tuner is called to repair it. Zaleha is both shocked and happy that the tuner is Ghazali, her former sweetheart. After repairing the piano, Tengku Zaleha played the piano with the song that Ghazali taught her before. Ghazali is shocked and ran away from the house.

At his home,Ghazali told her mother and his cousin,Sudin(S. Shamsuddin) that Tengku Zaleha was still alive. But Sudin then claimed that Ghazali is mad. Soon,he is beaten by Ghazali.

Later that night,Tengku Zaleha met Ghazali and told him what happened to her. Ghazali is happy because his sweetheart was still alive.

The next day,Tengku Aziz told Tengku Mukhri to divorce her wife and tell the truth about Tengku Zaleha. Tengku Mukhri was mad when his friend told him about the affair between Ghazali and Tengku Zaleha. He then sent Tengku Aziz to Singapore and on the way, he "kill" Tengku Aziz.

Back to Anggerik Villa,he took his gun to hunt Ghazali. Soon,he arrived to Ghazali's home and fight with Ghazali. He almost kill Ghazali,but then Tengku Aziz kill him with a pistol.

Ok, now lets read my story...

Case 1.

A 40 year old lady came to see me at the surgical clinic a year ago. She is an immigrant, from Mindanao, Philippines. She had migrated from her country about 10 years ago and she is working as a laborer. She has 5 children. Her husband was no where to be found.

She complained of painless lump over her right breast. It was small. As usual i did an ultrasonography of the breast and a biopsy. The biopsy was reported as breast cancer.

From the 1st consultation to the diagnosis she had paid almost rm 220 .This is the breakdown of her payments:

1st consultation: rm 60

Breast ultrasound and biopsy: rm 100

2nd consultation: rm 60

All non-citizen patients was charged as private patients as the government has make a rule that the non-citizens are not allowed to enjoy the "SMS"..

I break the news saying that she got cancer. She seems understood and reply that she want to get better and will follow what ever i said.

I told her she needs surgery and later chemotherapy. BUT as a non-citizen, before the surgery she must pay first ie about rm 600. And each time before the chemotherapy she has to pay rm 100/cycle..

She started to cry and repeatedly saying that she has got no money...

I replied back and asked her to go back to Philippines and seek treatment there..

Again, she replied back "in Philippines it's even more expensive..and poor people like us can't get access to the health care"..

She left the room and i never see her again.

Case 2.

A 40 year old lady came to see me at the surgical clinic a year ago. She was accompanied by her husband. She is a local Sandakan. She is married with 2 children and works as a government officer.

She complained of right breast lump for a year. The breast lump was HUGE, it occupying almost the whole breast. Besides that she also had cough and a back pain.

As usual i did an ultrasound of the breast and a biopsy. As expected it is a cancer. And the xrays showed that the cancer already spread to the lung and bone (pelvis).

From the 1st consultation to the diagnosis, she didn't paid a single cent. Everything is FREE. As a Malaysian citizen and a government officer, she is entitled for the "SMS" .

I told her the diagnosis. Despite the cancer already spread, she appeared relax.

After a lengthy explanation i advised her to go for chemotherapy. The chemotherapy is expensive as this is a new drug that has just discovered. A single bottle cost about rm 1500, and she needs at least 2 bottles per cycle for 6 cycles!!

Again,,,this is provided FREE.

She refused the chemotherapy.

She left the room and i never see her again.

SOALAN: PENGAJIAN AM

Sila pilih salah satu soalan sahaja: (a) atau (b) atau (c).

(a) Adakah dengan tidak merawat pesakit "case 1" dengan sewajarnya, DrBond telah mencabul hak asasi setiap manusia iaitu "mendapat rawatan kesihatan yang sempurna". Bincangkan. (20 markah).

(b) Pesakit "case 2" enggan menerima rawatan yang dicadangkan oleh DrBond. Adakah pesakit "case 2" boleh dianggap "membunuh diri" dengan membiarkan penyakit kansernya bertambah teruk. Bincangkan (20 markah)

(c) Huraikan apakah kaitan diantara filem "Antara 2 darjat" dengan "case-case" di atas. (20 markah)

KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT.