ARAU: A father of 11 is struggling to provide for his family after being diagnosed with two types of cancer, leaving him unable to work and dependent on a small nasi lemak business for income.

Sazafi Affian Abd Aziz, 48, was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera, a rare blood cancer that causes the bone marrow to produce too many red blood cells, in 2019.

His condition worsened this year when he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, leaving him unable to swallow food and dependent on formula milk administered through a feeding tube.

"I should be the one earning a living and looking after my wife and children as the head of the family, but I am no longer able to do so after being diagnosed with two cancers," he said when met at his home in Kaki Bukit here yesterday.