Easing the burden of poor patients

Kumar (in blue) and Lim (in white) listening to a briefing about artery blockage with Tabitha (left) and PAH medical welfare officer Eric Loh at Penang Adventist Hospital. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

LIM Soon Huat was having shortness of breath early this year but did not want to seek medical care as the discomfort was not constant.

There were times when the pain was so bad at night that he had to keep punching his chest to make it subside.