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NGOs India |
| Bangalore Hospice Trust - Bangalore |
| Add: Airport Varthur Main Road Marathahalli, Kundalahalli Gate Bangalore - 560037 Karnataka Tel: 91-080-28476133 , 080-28476201 Email: karuna@bal.vsnl.net.in Website: http://www.karunashraya.org Contact: Mr Kishore S Rao Purpose: Health Aim/Objective/Mission: There are times, when despite our best efforts and all the modern advances in medicine, we have to admit that we have nothing more to offer Terminal Cancer Patients. Many people die in absolute misery, completely deprived of basic facilities, very often in great pain and not infrequently without the barest of dignity. In India, the entire medical system is groaning under the weight of sheer numbers so what is to happen to these wretched patients? Where should they be left to die? Should an overworked doctor and a crowded hospital merely discharge these persons, literally abandon them, and move on to other lives which have hope of being saved? These are questions that should and must concern any right-thinking person. And a little thought will reveal that the answer lies not in an automatic negation of love and care, but at the heart of Hospice Care: There maybe a limit for cure but there is no limit for care. We started with the hope that one day we would be able to contribute our mite to giving back to a miserable human being the dignity he is entitled to by birth, the freedom from pain, the basic comfort of a clean bed, and above all, the love and caring of compassionate hands. We have succeeded to a very large extent, but we need more help from those who care for the dying. |