Govt looking to expand home care-based palliative care services


KUALA LUMPUR: As part of the its efforts on the 'uberisation' of healthcare, the government is looking to expand home care-based palliative care services, says Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.

Dr Lee said when palliative care medicine was recognised as a medical subspecialty in 2008, the government has churned out 11 palliative care specialists.

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