National Cancer Council Malaysia (Makna) president and founder Datuk Mohd Farid Ariffin set up Makna in 1994 after watching a family with a leukaemia-stricken son struggle not only to look for a cure but also to pay the high hospital bills.
“The whole process cost the family some RM1.2mil, a sum which is not small for any family, more so for those who cannot afford it at all,” he said, adding that he then asked his wife to assist him with the ground work for them to start an organisation assisting the less fortunate in combating the disease.
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