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issue cancer
The HEALTH | APRIL, 2018
Cancer: Can you
be terminated from
your employment?
The National Human Resource Centre and a Human Resource
Consulting company speak on termination and medical board out
T
HE diagnosis of cancer is like a capital punishment to the poor.
In the ASEAN Costs in Oncology (ACTION) study by the George
Institute for Global Health 2015, 45 per cent of cancer patients
were said to suffer from financial calamity, while 11 per cent did
not make it past the first year.
The study suggested that the cause of the economic turmoil faced by
patients in Malaysia just after a year following diagnosis and treatment
were – 46 per cent who had exhausted their personal savings, 39 per
cent that could not pay for medication, 35 per cent who could not afford
medical consultation fees or tests, 22 per ce