Elderly woman with scleroderma takes 30 pills a day
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- Endotek Ambok, 72, has scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that has left her unable to work.
- She was registered as a person with a physical disability in January and receives RM600 in monthly assistance from Malaysia’s Social Welfare Department.
- She takes about 30 pills a day to manage her condition.
Endotek Ambok, a 72-year-old woman in Tampin, now relies on assistance from Malaysia’s Social Welfare Department after scleroderma left her unable to work.
Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease. Ambok was registered as a person with a physical disability in January, after which she began receiving RM600 in assistance from the department.
Her illness has also left her taking about 30 pills a day.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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