FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF ST CLARE CHARITABLE TRUST
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Mission Statement
Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital is dedicated to improve quality of life of palliative bedridden patients and gives relief from pain and other distressing symptoms. We also support life and keeping people as healthy as possible, regarding dying as a normal process. We don’t quicken or postpone death. We combine psychological and spiritual aspects of care and offer a support system to help people live as actively as possible until death. We assure the support system for helping the family to cope up with during a person’s treatment and in bereavement. We have a strong team to fulfil the needs of the person who is bedridden which will be a great blessing to their families. Our income is only from the donation, not from our services. We are looking for the public support to fulfil the dream to become a general hospital, so that we can provide the emergency care, casualty etc to all people nearby. We have opened our doors to the public, everybody can come and support our new projects. There are no barriers of religion, caste and creed.
About This Cause
Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital The First Palliative Hospital in India. An excellent institution which is dedicated to the wellness and care of the deprived in the society. For the people, by the people is the prime motto which always rises by the hospital. In simple, this is an exclusive hospital with no bills and bill counters. Shanthibhavan palliative hospital, situated at Pallissery, a suburban area of Thrissur city in the state of Kerala, started in the year 2014 as a small step to a big dream with the blessings of Mar Andrews Thazhath, the Archbishop of Thrissur, and led by Rev. Father Joy Koothur, with the support of the nuns of Franciscan Sisters of St. Clare Congregation, today the hospital has become a centre of excellence in palliative care in India. All the palliative services here are completely free of cost for bedridden patients and old aged people who are suffering from various diseases. The hospital provides palliative home care on a regular basis for the patients who register their names in the hospital records. By visiting their home, the palliative volunteers including medical experts assure better care for their physical and mental health. A 24x7 emergency home care team is also available in the hospital. Patients, who don't get enough relief from home care, are brought to the hospital in hospital’s ambulance and provide better palliative care with the support of modern medical equipments. Presently the hospital is equipped with 49 beds and with almost all basic infrastructures. Each and every bed is attached with centralized oxygen system and suction facilities. The intensive care unit with ventilator facility is always ready to handle any type of critical emergency. Shanthibhavan's dialysis division is a blessing for poor kidney patients. It provides 40 free dialysis per day for poor kidney patients and bedridden kidney patients. The physiotherapy division offers exclusive caring for the patients who are paralyzed through accident or brain stroke. It enables the bedridden patients to sit, stand, walk and get into the vehicle through systematic training sessions. Free palliative hospital care for patients who are suffering from various cancer diseases, fluid tapping facilities for liver cirrhosis patients, free food and accomodation for in-patients and their bystanders are the few attractions offered here. That is why we can proudly say that Shanthibhavan is a "No-Bill" Hospital without bills and cash counters. A fully automated non-profit laboratory and a non-profit pharmacy are also functioning here. Non-profit pharmacy is attached to the hospital and provides free palliative medicines to the in-patients. This facility can be availed by the bedridden patients who are admitted in the hospital. Our registered palliative bedridden patients who are availing home care from Shanthibhavan palliative hospital are also eligible for free palliative medicines. Our regional centres also have the pharmacy facility, where medicines are distributed in company price for the public. A fully automated non-profit laboratory helps to prevent cancer, kidney diseases & various deadly diseases through early detection test. Special camps are conducted for the public on the basis of local body limits. Blood and Urine tests are done freely for camp members through these detection camps. Deadly Diseases including Cancer are taken care in the initial stage itself by our Professional medical team. There are 7 regional centres functioning under Shanthivhavan hospital in Thrissur district. Every regional centre offers free Doctor’s OP, Free home-care, Non-profit lab, Non-profit pharmacy, Free physiotherapy and Free mobile mortuary services to the public. Presently, the service of Shanthibhavan is available in three districts of Kerala which are Thrissur, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram respectively. In future Shanthibhavan aims to set up palliative hospitals in every district of Kerala, and 50 regional centres under every palliative hospital. In brief, Shanthibhavan is a unique and pioneer hospital in the sector of palliative care in India. Under the chief patronage of Thrissur Archbishop Mar Andrews Thazhath, a dedicated team includes Rev. Father Joy Koothur, the co-founder and CEO, and other founder members, administrative wing, many generous fellows from the society as patrons, moreover the support from the public, is the strength and unity of Shanthibhavan. We are in need of generous contributions from kindhearted people to boost our services for our bedridden patients. For Shanthibhavan, every life is precious and everyone deserves ultimate caring at their bad times. There are no barriers of caste, religion, or race.., Everyone is equal here... Yes, it is a light.! Light of compassion, kindness and eternal love.!!