Long road for kids’ comfort

Difficult time: Syarafina used to bring her baby Cailie for paediatric palliative care at Hospital Likas in Kota Kinabalu.

PETALING JAYA: It was not easy for Rastima Jamaludin when her daughter was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer at the tender age of 13 two years ago.

Her daughter, Hasyima Abdullah, struggles daily now and needs palliative care following chemotherapy and the removal of her intestine, even living with a stoma bag.