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On SCS Welfare Aid Programme
Since 2003
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Age: 11 years old
Condition: Leukemia
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11-year-old Alagan S/O Jayagopi looks like any other boy of his own age. Unknown to strangers, Alagan comes from a cancer-stricken family fraught with financial and emotional difficulties. Alagan was diagnosed with leukemia at the tender age of five. Although his condition is now stable, he requires life-long medical attention.
His diabetic widowed mother works as a cleaner, bringing in a meagre salary which could barely cover the family’s daily expenses. In order to supplement the household income, Alagan’s 20-year-old sister works as a food-packer on rotating shifts so that she could look after her brother and her 14-year-old sister during the day. Since 2003, the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) has been helping the family with financial assistance and providing milk supplements for Alagan under the Society’s Welfare Aid programme. Coping with cancer has worsened the financial plight of needy families, like Alagan’s. Now you can play a part too. |
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On SCS Cancer Treatment Fund
In 2008
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Age: 46 years old
Condition: Colorectal Cancer
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The usual trip to the clinic to treat a simple stomach bloatedness and pain turned out to be something more sinister for taxi driver - Mr Tok Soon Meng, aged 46. The sole breadwinner with two young children found that he had 3rd stage colon cancer after the GP packed him off to the hospital.
It was fortunate that only 1 lymph node out of 14 was affected. After his surgery, he stopped work. His immediate concern was his treatment costs. He needed 8 cycles of chemotherapy, and each cycle set him back about $3,000.
His treatment was subsidised by the SCS under the Cancer Treatment Fund. After a 10-month break, Mr Tok went back to work last December.
Now you can play a part too, to help patients like Mr Tok on the road to full recovery. |
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