2nd letter from UMMC

23/10/2008 8:37AM

I share your anguish and your frustration and mostly I symphatise deeply with Sian Yee.

Nonetheless leukemia treatment, especially treatment is of relapse is a prolonged process and require a lot of patience, perseverance, social and psychological support and tender loving care from the main custodian or caregiver. i do not expect the treatment, which may have serious side effect and even premature death, could be cordially given with enforcement.

The treatment is not like treatment for infection where one take the patient for temporary custody for short period of 2 weeks to give antibiotics, and subsequently discharge him from the hospital without perhaps any necessity for further treatment for follow up.

I hope you can appreciate our predicament. I am willing to talk to both of you and continue with the treatment only with agreement from all parties.