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The Role of SCAN Teams in Preventing Child Abuse

Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician | Dr Sasha Mohan, Head, Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Committee, Hospital Ampang

26-Sep-24 16:00

The Role of SCAN Teams in Preventing Child Abuse

Barely a day seems to go by without a news report about an incident of child abuse or neglect. While the shocking discovery of physical and sexual abuse happening in welfare homes operated by Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH) has caught the nation’s attention, there are also numerous incidents of children being tortured, punished, sexually abused, groomed online, as well as sustaining injuries due to negligence. With government hospitals being the main source of identifying and referring child abuse cases, we check in with Dr Sasha Mohan, Head, Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Committee, Hospital Ampang. Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, joins us for this conversation. 

If you suspect child abuse or neglect has taken place, you can make a police report, call Talian Kasih at 15999 to make a confidential report, or approach the SCAN team at the nearest government hospital.


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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek, Ruqayya Zuhair

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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Categories:  wellness,  health policy

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health and living,  child abuse,  neglect,  exploitation,  sexual abuse,  GISBH, 


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