
PALLIATIVE CARE & CHARITY
Palliative care and charity is led by a team of trained doctors, nurses and volunteers of Palliative Society of Calicut, Government Medical College. The clinic was incepted in the year 2003. Apart from team members, compassionate people from different walks of life come forward to lend their helping hands and emotional support.
The clinic is conducted on every week. It has more than 2000 patients registered and 65% of them are cancer patients. Clinic not just meets the treatment and diagnostic expenses but also extends support to the members of the family. The clinic takes utmost care and responsibility of those patients who are unable to continue further treatment and who are referred back from multi-specialty hospitals. For those who find it difficult to visit the clinic, it has arranged home care too. Friday charity clinic is also performed at free of cost for helping the needy.