Palliative care should reach common people: Darez Ahamed
The Hindu
MANGALURU
Expressing the need for palliative care to reach common people, Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Tamil Nadu, Darez Ahamed, on Sunday said that district administration and hospitals could collaborate to facilitate access to palliative care.
Speaking on the occasion of World Hospic and Palliative Care Day programme at the Kasturba Medical College and Hospital Manipal, Mr. Ahamed said palliative care should reach common people and communities through primary and community health centre. Though there is huge demand for palliative care, accessibility was less due to lack of awareness and failure to reach out to communities.
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