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Cancer patients and caregivers can stay at RM1 home while receiving treatment
The Star
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7/19/2024
Another Rumah RM1 Uncle Kentang opens in Putrajaya on July 19 to cancer patients and their families who travel from where they live to the National Cancer Institute for treatment.
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My father was a cancer patient.
00:19
I hitchhiked a lorry to come to Templer Hospital at that time.
00:26
When I reached Templer Hospital, I sat behind the lorry, my face was all black, there was no place to bathe.
00:31
I believe that many cancer patients who come afar, they need lodging.
00:37
And I don't want them to sleep in the car or the corridors.
00:41
RM Warangya House is nearer to IKN, it's about 5 minutes drive, 10 minutes walk.
00:47
I believe it can help a lot of cancer patients who come from outstation.
00:50
Donaza, an old woman, 72 years old, she has a pension, she doesn't know what to do for her child.
00:57
She asked me, where do you want to build the house?
01:01
I said, let her find it at IKN.
01:04
So she searched and found it.
01:06
So she told me, just build a house.
01:11
It's not a house, it's a house for us to live freely.
01:14
And we use a hotel for RM1.
01:16
We have a hotel that the patients can stay for RM1 only, overnight.
01:22
We pay the balance.
01:23
Now we use about 5 hotels.
01:26
We have 5 houses.
01:28
Not only that, we also provide temporary accommodation for domestic abuse.
01:35
If they are kicked out of the house at night and can't find a place to sleep, they can go to our house.
01:40
The crisis has been resolved.
01:47
I feel very supportive.
01:48
When cancer patients have new ideas, we grab the chance and opportunity to work with them.
01:54
So I'm very grateful.
01:57
The purpose of RM1 is more for non-Muslim caregivers and patients.
02:03
So it's easier for us because there are a lot of people.
02:07
We see an increase from year to year.
02:10
For example, the rate of occupancy is already 66%.
02:15
On a daily basis, it can reach 90%.
02:18
Because of RM1, the patients who are forced to move to IKN
02:23
don't have to go back to their place.
02:26
Maybe they are kicked out.
02:28
So they stay here during the treatment.
02:31
We see that in the report, there is a decrease in the number of cancer survivors
02:36
because of our campaign to vaccinate them.
02:39
So it's the same for the others.
02:41
So if there are early signs, we vaccinate them.
02:46
It's faster to get the vaccine.
02:48
Or if they are under 40 years old, we vaccinate them.
02:52
It's prepared in the clinic.
02:54
So we grab the chance to get the vaccine early.
03:06
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