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Perak Health Dept may propose more palliative care centres

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IPOH: The Perak Health Department is considering more palliative care centres in the state, says its director Dr Sirajuddin Hashim.

He said the centres are crucial as they provide better quality of life for the patients and their families.

“There are 160 health clinics in the country that provide such care with two of them in Perak, namely the Simee and Tanjung Malim health clinics,” he told reporters after officiating the Kinta excellent domiciliary palliative care centre at Tawas Damai here on Tuesday “Since it started operating, the centre has assisted over 100 patients where two-thirds of them are non-cancer related.

 

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