Palliative Care Association of Johor Bahru (PCAJB)

PCAJB was registered in 2007 as an organisation with ROS and has made great progress since then. We started with one full time staff nurse and we now have two full time staff nurses, a part-time administrator and for the first time a full time doctor who was engaged in 2010.

We provided care for more than 250 patients, considering the fact that the number of patients remained static, we are very concerned that many more did not get the benefit of our services. The challenge now is to be able to get most if not all of them referred to us. In an effort to make this possible we carried out a number of activities namely exhibitions, publice forums and talks to create awareness amongst the public and medical fraternity in particular.

Our aims

PCAJB aims to provide quality medical and nursing care for our patients. To meet this objective, our staff are encouraged to attend conferences and seminars, and last year one of our staff nurses and our doctor signed up for the APHN Diploma Graduate Certificate in Health (Palliative Care) Course organised by Fliders University Adelaide, Australia and National Cancer Centre, Singapore. The other staff nurse will do the same course this year.

PCAJB has been given the honour of organising the 10th Malaysian Hospice Congress in Johor Bahru in June next year. We expect about 300 participants involved in palliative care from around the country.

We are also very grateful to all the donors in particular IWA, Ponderosa Golf and Country Club and the Rotary Club of Johor Bahru for their contributions.