KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 -- Families that are struggling to meet the financial need for their children's cancer treatments can now apply for help at the Children's Cancer Association Malaysia (CCAM).

CCAM, which was founded by a local businesswoman Lavaniyah Ganapathy in 2022, aims to alleviate the financial burden faced by parents grappling with the high costs of cancer treatment for their children in Malaysia.

Lavaniyah said that the factor that pushed her to established CCAM was from her own experience when her daughter Mahiyaa Bala was diagnosed with cancer in 2021.

She pointed out that many children had lost their battle with cancer as their families could not afford the costly treatments.

"Many families find themselves financially ...