Malaysian medical practitioners say they do not support the use of cannabis for chronic pain, palliative care, or cancer patients, due to currently insufficient clinical evidence.
Dr Adham Baba also acknowledges that more ICU beds for Covid-19 cases have been created at the expense of non-Covid patients, reducing the latter’s chances of getting critical care.
Covid-19 vaccination enables palliative care patients, who may be afraid of getting infected with coronavirus when they go to hospital, to seek early medical treatment, says Dr Richard Lim Boon Leong.