Going bald for charity

Artistes in the act: (From left) Zainal Abidin, Dr Hany and Jaclyn paying leukaemia patient Wei Kean a visit at the UMMC paediatric oncology ward. The teenager’s father is on the right.

TWO-thirds of paediatric cancer patients admitted into Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) are from the lower-income group.

The figures were revealed by UMMC professor and consultant paediatric haematologist and oncologist Dr Hany Ariffin.