Home based palliative care is totally free, irrespective of one’s financial condition.

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The services are provided at patients’ home.

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Seriously ill patients are covered under the programme based on thorough assessment by a medical doctor.

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Programme covers 164 patients in the slums and 92 patients in the non-slum areas of Rourkela.

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CVA or Stroke has affected 100 patients, high BP being the major cause for it.

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Patients are provided with pain killers, medicines for high BP, diabetes, dizziness and other medical ailments on the prescription of the doctor. Catheters, bandages, air beds are provided free as and when required. Urinary catheters are required for 15 patients, 70 patients require physiotherapy, 15 are critically ill and 30 are bed ridden.

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Every patient is visited by the staff twice in a month.

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Family members are taught simple physiotherapy exercises by a physiotherapist in the beginning.

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Counselling services to the patients and the family is provided by the staff.

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The core staffs consist of a medical doctor, two nurses, two auxiliary nurses, driver and physiotherapist.

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