Hasmah Ibrahim values her independence. Even as she undergoes treatment and copes with its side effects. she is determined to continue running her business, managing her household and cooking for her family. She also supports her husband and son in their cycling events.
A mother who looks on helplessly at her child who cries in pain from colon cancer, to an intimate moment of a dying husband with his grieving wife – these are just some of the vivid images documentary photographer SC Shekar takes, in the hope that it would create more awareness of the need for palliative care.
Shekar who has been taking photographs of end-of-life patients for the past five years, looks in awe at the dedication and selflessness of the Hospis Malaysia nurses and doctors who help make the lives of patients more pleasant.
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