LUMUT: The Manjung Palliative Care Society (MPCS) welcomes trained nurses to join them in providing palliative care to patients and families in need.
Its president Dr Lee Li Yuan said that currently, specialist nurses in the treatment service are very much needed including at MPCS due to the increasing rate of chronic patients, especially cancer patients.
“Currently, at MPCS, we have two palliative nurses who will make house calls to provide treatment and advice to family members of end-stage cancer patients around Manjung,” he said when met at the MPCS fundraising dinner which was also attended by the society’s treasurer Ding Mei Looi.
Dr Lee said MPCS, which has been operating for eight years since 2016, provides palliative care services free of charge and has so far provided treatment services to approximately 600 patients, most of whom have died.
He said at this point there are about 50 cancer patients from around Manjung and nearby areas receiving palliative care from MPCS.
“We know there are many more relatives of patients who need advice for family members suffering from terminal cancer and we are happy to provide services to all regardless of race,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ding said MPCS which is currently renting a building, needs its own building which is more comfortable to operate and buy equipment for treatment including oxygen tanks.
“We really need the public’s support to provide free services to the needy around Manjung, especially to families whose members need palliative treatment, they can come to MPCS.
Ding said a total of about RM600,000 was successfully collected at the dinner on Sunday.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients – adults and children – and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial, or spiritual. – BERNAMA
