Beacon of hope for cancer patients

TLJCF chief executive officer Mohd Ikmal Izam Zaini (in purple) with the doctors and nurses of the Tunku Laksamana Johor Oncology Day Treatment Unit at Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital in Batu Pahat, Johor.

When he was diagnosed with liver cancer at the age of 24 in 2014, Almarhum Tunku Abdul Jalil underwent a liver transplant.

The late prince started visiting cancer patients at the oncology centre and cancer ward in Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Baru, where he learnt that some of the patients were burdened with expensive medical expanses, putting a strain on their finances.