Hospis Melaka

Hospis Melaka Hospis Melaka is a non-profit voluntary association (NGO) with doctors, nurses and committed lay volunteers.

We provide Hospice-at Home Care Program focusing on providing care, comfort for advanced cancer patients who need palliative care in Malacca.

13/12 to 14/12Grief and Bereavement Workshop in Hospis Malaysia attended by our senior nurse. The workshop was conducted...
15/12/2025

13/12 to 14/12
Grief and Bereavement Workshop in Hospis Malaysia attended by our senior nurse. The workshop was conducted by Prof Amy Y. M. Chow, Head of Department of Social Work & Social Administration at University of Hong Kong.

This two days event was packed with useful information. Sharing of real life situation during patient care and Prof Amy’s guidance in approching these situations, helped us in our understanding of grief and bereavement care. The role play session further makes learning effective.

Yesterday , 6/12/2025Hospis Melaka held a Volunteers Day celebration in conjunction with International Volunteers Day wh...
07/12/2025

Yesterday , 6/12/2025
Hospis Melaka held a Volunteers Day celebration in conjunction with International Volunteers Day which was on 5/12/2025.

We started this celebration last year.
The purpose is to appreciate our volunteers who has contributed their precious time to support Hospis Melaka since 1994. At the same time we also reached out to the public to sign up as volunteer. As most of our volunteers are aging, we need to get younger volunteers to sign up.

The volunteers who attended the event yesterday were of mixed ages. We had an origami session, which looked easy when watching it on YouTube, but it was a completely different story when doing it hands-on. There were laughters and frustration too. They were also working together and helping one another. One of my purpose for them to do origami was achieved. They reached out and helped one another - Teamwork.

Our visitors, Dr. Navin Francis from PCU Hospital Melaka and Mr. Laurence who is a freelance male nurse signed up as volunteers. Both shared ideas and recommendations.

I would like to thank :-
Everyone who has sponsored the cakes, fruits, vegetarian food and materials for the origami session.
The Hospis staffs for arranging the hall and food.
The volunteers who voluntarily helped to tidy up after the event.
And most important the participants, for without them there will be no celebration.

Overall it was a successful celebration. We hope next year more people will he able to join us.

Dr. Saiful or Sid Latif, is Hospis Melaka Vice Predident.I always enjoyed reading his posts. Very informative and practi...
07/12/2025

Dr. Saiful or Sid Latif, is Hospis Melaka Vice Predident.
I always enjoyed reading his posts. Very informative and practical.
Some of his post will help you in your communications with your loved ones or friends who are sick.
Nowadays there are so many FB posts about cancer, it will make you wonder what is right.
My advise is to read articles that are written by qualified doctors.

Kalau takde tauliah dalam pembelajaran penyakit kanser, tolong jangan mengarut dan menyebarkan dakyah. It will confuse people around you and victimise people who are already suffering. Just learn to be empathetic, that's more helpful than whatever this is.

Untuk pengetahuan anda kanser adalah penyakit yang melibatkan pelbagai sistem badan. Rawatan kanser bukan semudah - kita laparkan sel itu maka sel itu tak berkembang. Kalau anda percayakan semua itu anda bodoh. Gula tak menyebabkan kanser. Gula bukan minyak petrol untuk kanser.

Gula hanyalah karbohidrat. Proses penyakit kanser adalah jauh lebih kompleks daripada memperlahankan metabolisme badan. Ada pelbagai lagi faktor risiko yang menyumbang kepada terjadinya kanser.

Antara contoh-contoh adalah seperti:
- wanita yang tak pernah mengandung lebih tinggi risiko untuk kanser payudara
- kulit cerah dan pendedahan sinar UV berpanjangan menyumbang kanser kulit
- bertukar-tukar pasangan tanpa pelalian HPV menambah risiko kanser pangkal rahim
- kurang serat dalam pemakanan adalah risiko kanser usus
- merokok menambah risiko kanser paru-paru dan pelbagai kanser lain

Namun ada beratus malah mungkin beribu kanser lain yang terjadi tanpa sebarang faktor risiko.

Rawatan juga melibatkan pelbagai bentuk usaha untuk merencatkan sel-sel kanser. Kemoterapi dan radioterapi adalah beberapa contoh di mana rawatan bertumpu untuk membunuh sel-sel yang pantas terbentuk. Kerana kemoterapi diberikan dalam bentuk ubatan intravena atau ubat makan, sel-sel sihat lain juga tidak dapat tidak - mendapat kesan akibat pemberian ubat. Rambut akan gugur dan kuku akan kelihatan berbeza kerana dua ini adalah tempat sel yang berkembang pantas dan kelihatan.

Radioterapi, bergantung kepada tempatnya juga akan melibatkan kesan-kesan sampingan spesifik. Dalam era dunia perubatan moden, terdapat pelbagai juga ubatan lain seperti targeted therapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy yang juga boleh membantu beberapa jenis kanser.

Sekiranya kanser yang dirawat adalah tahap awal. Pemberian ubat penting untuk mencapai kesembuhan. Namun begitu, ada masanya kanser dikesan dalam tahap lanjut. Sesetengah pesakit masih sesuai diberikan rawatan-rawatan seperti ini sekiranya ada kefungsian yang bagus dan tidak memiliki terlalu banyak sejarah perubatan lain yang merumitkan proses rawatan.

Ubatan (sekiranya telah ditakrifkan lebih kebaikan daripada kemudaratan) akan dimulakan sebagai sebahagian rawatan paliatif - bukan untuk kesembuhan tetapi untuk memerlahankan proses kanser dalam badan.

Akan sampai satu masa, walaupun ketika ubat diberikan, kanser akan tetap merebak dan mengakibatkan masalah. Ubatan akan dihentikan apabila kemudaratan mengatasi kebaikan atau kesan sampingan yang mengganggu tahap kefungsian asas. Harus diingat, dalam kedua-dua kemungkinan ini, proses kanser yang mengganggu pesakit dan kita hentikan ubatan untuk mengelak lebih banyak masalah kepada individu tersebut.

Jadi doktor ini tak mudah. Kami tidak bersumpah untuk membuat orang hidup selamanya ataupun melawan kehendak kuasa yang lebih besar yang menentukan ajal maut. Sumpah kami adalah "do no harm". Apabila keadaan pesakit tidak mengizinkan untuk rawatan akibat penyakitnya telah merebak, tugas kami p**a memberikan keselesaan untuk keadaan yang tenang.

Sekiranya pesakit yang lemah akibat penyakit yang serius ini dipuasakan dan dihentikan pemberian karbohidrat, mereka akan jadi terlampau lemah dan proses penjagaan akan jadi sukar. Cancer Cachexia ataupun Kebuluran Akibat Kanser akan jadi lebih serius dan keselesaan akan sukar dicapai.

Tahu tak apabila pesakit tanya kita macam-macam pasal ubat tak bertauliah, kita cuma cakap tak boleh komen dan tak nasihatkan. Kita tak tuduh pun orang yang menjual harapan ini dengan nama macam-macam walaupun dalam hati ada banyak nak diucap.

Tetapi dengan niat untuk membantu pesakit, pelbagai nama dan tohmahan orang sebegini berikan pada kami semua. Ini belum cakap pasal geng-geng antivaksin, propilihan, antibidan dan sebagainya.

Cukuplah bebelan pagi ahad saya hari ini.

4 more days to Hospis Melaka Volunteers Day Celebration. This is in conjunction with International Volunteers Day. Do jo...
02/12/2025

4 more days to Hospis Melaka Volunteers Day Celebration. This is in conjunction with International Volunteers Day.

Do join us this Saturday 6/12/2025.

This celebration is to appreciate our volunteers who helped us in many different ways since Hospis Melaka started its service in 1994.

They assisted us:-
- while we are out visiting patients
- office work
- fund raising and public awareness events etc.

Come join us this Saturday to know more about our services.
Register your interest by contacting Ms. Chong at 012-6235115

Or

scan the QR to register

Hospis Melaka would like to invite our FB friends and followers to celebrate Volunteers Day with us.   Date: 6/12/2025Ti...
25/11/2025

Hospis Melaka would like to invite our FB friends and followers to celebrate Volunteers Day with us.

Date: 6/12/2025
Time: 9 am to 12 noon
Venue : Hospis Melaka office
No 44 / 44-1 Jln TU 40
Taman Tasik Utama
Ayer Keroh
Melaka

CLOSING DATE TO RESPOND 4/12/2025

The purpose of the event is to appreciate our volunteers and also to recruit more volunteers.
We need more volunteers to help us with Fund Raising.
Do come too even you have no plans to be a volunteer yet but would like to know more about what we do.

To attend the event, kindly scan the QR to fill in the online form.

Or click on the link provided.

https://forms.gle/L7Tp9HJZDAKdfXyr9

19/11/2025Multidisciplinary Team meetingHospis Melaka has been collaborating with PCU Hospital Melaka since 1999 to prov...
19/11/2025

19/11/2025
Multidisciplinary Team meeting

Hospis Melaka has been collaborating with PCU Hospital Melaka since 1999 to provide care for patients. Once a month, we visited patients who were not able to attend clinic with the PCU Team.

When the first Palliative Care Specialist, Dr Saiful was posted to Hospital Melaka, he started MDT meeting with Hospis Melaka to discuss patient problems. It was stopped after Dr Saiful was transferred to IKN.

Today we restarted the MDT meeting with the two new Palliative Care Specialists, Dr. Navin and Dr. Tan.

Staffs present -
PCU Team:-
Dr. Navin, Dr. Tan and Sister Roslinda
Hospis Melaka Team:-
Nurse Chong, Nurse Rahma, Nurse Amera, Matron Tan

18/11/2025Visitors from Sukarelawan Hospital MelakaPurpose of the visit is to know more about Hospis Melaka services, ho...
18/11/2025

18/11/2025
Visitors from Sukarelawan Hospital Melaka

Purpose of the visit is to know more about Hospis Melaka services, how to refer patients for home visits by Hospis Melaka nurses .

Also looking into collaboration with other NGO’s so that we can serve the community of Melaka better.

13/10/2025
12/10/2025

Address

44 , 44/1 Jalan TU 40 Taman Tasik Utama Ayer Keroh (MITC) Melaka
Kampong Ayer Keroh
75450

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Hospis Melaka posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Hospis Melaka:

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram