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Ministry of Health
9th Malaysia Plan targets to put up 6
1995 Palliative Care Unit ,Kota regional Palliative Care Centres.
Centres.
Kinabalu Career structure available
Since then more then 20 units and Clinical guidelines for the practice of
numerous support teams set up in Palliative care being drawn up
MOH Hospitals
Post basic nursing course in Palliative
2002 Selayang Hospital
Care Nursing is being developed.
100 beds available currently/ need for
1000 beds
Hospis Malaysia with over 350 to400 patients in In the process of building an educational
the community at any one time, with 4 doctors,9 centre
Palliative Care Nurses, Occupational therapist,
pharmacist and supporting staff has established International recognition
the largest home care program and training Increased collaboration for research and
facility in the country. other facilities
Provides foundation course and many other
courses through out the year.
STRATEGY TO TRAIN
SPEICALISTS
KK Experience Palliative Care has to be separate from
Oncology or any form of curative medicine
Attempt to introduce PC as a PG
Palliative Care cannot be taken for granted.
training program at UMS in vain
It is a philosophy that has to develop on its own
Doctors who got interested in PC have and allowed to bloom by itself not under the
fallen by the side shadow of Oncology or any other specialty.
Doctor who started PC in KK now
heads Palliative Care Service in
Brisbane
We need to move into fast gear “regardless of the differences in the concept
of death, socio economic and religious
We need to have a vision backgrounds and medical and nursing
situations a common hope for all people all
over the world is to die peacefully. Therefore
“To make Palliative Care accessible to all Malaysians who the need for Palliative Care Services in
require it”
it” every part of the world is a consideration
that reaches beyond the boundaries of
countries and nationalities”
nationalities”