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Hospis Malaysia Annual Dinner –
11 Dec 2005 |
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From L to R: Dato’ Francis Huang, Dr Ednin
Hamzah (CEO/Medical Director of Hospis Malaysia)
and Dr Rosalie Shaw |
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Dr Rosalie Shaw’s talk has the complete
attention of the audience. |
by Dr Evelyn Ho
It was a night of camaraderie and fun at the Hospis
Malaysia annual dinner. As Dato’ Francis Huang Chang
Hsun, Chairman of Hospis Malaysia mentioned in the
welcome speech, the annual dinner was a way to show
appreciation to the Hospis volunteers. About 80 people,
friends, council members, doctors, staff and volunteers
attended the dinner hosted by Hospis Malaysia.
Dr Rosalie Shaw, Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine
and Executive Director of
Asia
Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network, Singapore
was a special guest and gave a very moving short talk on
the need to re-focus on care and kindness in the
practice of medicine. “Even within the services we are
sometimes criticised for focusing on the physical
symptoms and neglecting to comfort the aching heart - to
ease the pain caused by the fear, anxiety, sadness,
guilt, shame and disappointment felt by our patients and
their family members”, Dr Shaw said.
She illustrated this with true experiences. Dr Shaw also
talked about kindness and how this was lacking and how
doctors “desert the dying”!
She congratulated Hospis Malaysia for the expansion of
their services and the increase in the number of
referrals and patient base as well as contributing to
the holistic education of medical students.
The event was a success with many at the dinner going
away with lucky draw prizes. Everyone had an extra
special goodie bag!
Download the full text of Dr Rosalie Shaw's talk here:
RosalieShawSpeech.pdf [34kb]
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before you can open the PDF file.
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Fun and joy
for lucky draw prize winners – there were
table draws and individual draws! Almost
everyone had something to take home in
addition to a packed goodie bag. |
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