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He said as many as 28.5 out of the 10,000 population of children from the age of 0-18 years, or 25,000 to 30,000 children in the country suffer from chronic or terminal illnesses that required specific palliative care. This specific palliative care includes full-time palliative care, coordination and comprehensive management among multidisciplinary treating groups, as well as providing support to family members to cope with the grief and bereavement process, he said when launching the Handbook of Children s Palliative Care Malaysia virtually on Tuesday (April 6).
Dr Adham said the ministry faced a big challenge to further strengthen paediatric palliative medicine services, as the planning of these services would be continued under the 12th Malaysia Plan by expanding regionally to Penang and Sabah.