Sunday, July 8, 2012

Palliative Care Home Visits

Those patients in cancer hospitals in India may be  looked after well.But, once sent home with advanced cancer, patients suffer a lot inching to a painful death. But patients from Kozhenchery area of Kerala , state in South India  are no longer unfortunate.Doctors   like Dr.Sasidharan Pillai ,Director of District Cancer Centre , who runs a successful home care service are rare phenomenon in this Country! Dr.Pillai and team visits homes of cancer patients and give supportive therapy .The team give away medicine such as morphine, antibiotics etc ,and carry out procedures like therapeutic aspiration and Infusion of chemotherapy.They also give financial help for cancer patients to sustain their livelihood.

For Details The Hindu