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// Projects for Funding

PROJECTS TO SAVE LIVES

Early Diagnosis Saves Lives.

This centre is urgently needed As a one-stop centre it will provide multidisciplinary
Ummc Breast Cancer Diagnostic Centre
care of patients, such as diagnostic services, risk
as it can help to save lives by management of high risk families, surgery, cancer
ensuring early diagnosis as treatment and rehabilitation.
well as provide seamlessly The fact that the various services are currently
located at different locations makes it diffcult for
coodinated services from cancer patients who need tremendous clinical and
detection to rehabilitation. psychosocial support during the various stages of their
illness. The current situation where patients have to
peripitate to various locations does not do justice to
the current Breast Clinic’s open policy --- that patients
can just walk-in with a breast symptom, to enable early
check-up and diagnosis.

A dedicated one-stop Breast Cancer Centre would also
ensure a higher capacity for quality treatment for the
Malaysian public, especially those in the low-income
group.

Funding Opportunity
Specifc areas will be named after donor according to
the amount of donation as shown below:

Funding (RM) Specifcs
10 million Breast Cancer Centre – Clinics
1 million Breast Cancer Centre – Clinic for Young Women
1 million Breast Cancer Centre – Clinic for Clinical Research
6 million Mammogram Suite
2 million Breast Cancer Care and Resource Centre

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