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What is Palliative Care:

Palliative care aims at enabling people to live with the disease, as free of symptoms and psychosocial problems as possible.

The focus of treatment shifts from cure to care – to improve quality of life.

It is based on a philosophy of care that -

* Affirms life

* Recognizes dying as a normal process and neither hastens or postpones life.

* Empowers families to care for the patient, by training them in basic nursing chores and emotional support.

* Helps patients and families prepare for living with the disease, and when necessary, for death.

What does palliative care provide?

Palliative care focuses on a person’s well being, by providing –

Physical care, through management of * Pain * Breathlessness * Wounds * Difficulty in swallowing * Constipation or diarrhoea * Nausea and vomiting. * Other symptoms.	Emotional support, that may involve * Listening * Looking for hidden anxieties or depression and relieving them * A relationship based on trust * ‘Being there’ and spending time
Social support, to prevent * Social isolation * Family conflicts * Social stigma * Conspiracy of silence in the family.	Spiritual care, to the patient can * Make peace with the reality of the illness. * Use their energy positively in the time they have left.

What diseases does palliative care cover?

The principles of pain relief and palliative care can be applied to any long-term medical situation, but they usually focus on patients who have an incurable illness.

The disease spectrum includes –

* Advanced cancers.

* Early cancers, along with curative treatment

* HIV/AIDS and other incurable illnesses

* Chronic pain from peripheral vascular disease, neuralgias, chronic pancreatitis etc.

How much does the care cost?

* All outpatient treatment is entirely free.

* For those who cannot afford it, all palliative medication is free.

How can you help us?

We invite you to become a friend of palliative care by –

* Spreading the message of palliative care.

* Referring people to their nearest palliative care clinic when they need the service.

* Making donations to help the poor and needy.

* Supporting the patient and their families.

Can we help you?

You may walk straight into our Institute.

* You don’t need an appointment.

* You don’t have to wait at the outpatients counter to register your name.

We are open all days, except Sundays and National holidays.

* Hours : 9.00 am to 12.00 pm

We offer the following services

* Outpatient care

* Inpatient care when needed.

For further information:

Pain Relief & Palliative Care

MNJ Institute of Oncology

Regional Cancer Center

Hyderabad

Ph: 91 40 233184 14, 22, 24

Email: palliativecare@ap.nic.in

We May not add days to the lives, but we add life to the days !