Thrissur-based NGO Solace, working with children suffering from life-threatening illnesses for the past 18 years, has urged the State government to introduce a special health card for “Children with Long-Term Illness” (CLI) to ensure uninterrupted access to essential medicines and healthcare.

The appeal has been made by Sheeba Ameer, founder of Solace, in a recent memorandum to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, stressing that these children and their families face severe medical, social and financial challenges every day.