SPARSH PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES
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Mission Statement
Adding life to living: Focussing on the quality of life (when faced with life limiting illness), rather than prolonging life.
About This Cause
Sparsh Palliative Care Services is a non-profit corporation, aiming to provide palliative care services to all ‘Terminally Ill” patients, in the city of Hyderabad, India, since August 2011, through ‘Sparsh Hospice”. Although the population in the city of Hyderabad is over 10 million, there was no Hospice, till Sparsh started its services. Cancer is a huge burden in India, with 1,400,000 new cases diagnosed each year (20,000 new cases in Hyderabad), of which over 70% are terminal. It is widely known that the last stages of cancer are very traumatic; with excruciating pain and other debilitating symptoms like nausea, weakness, breathlessness etc. Many people find it very difficult to care for their loved ones in this situation at their homes, as they do not have the physical help or the emotional strength to cope with the situation. Since inception, Sparsh has managed over 8500 patients in the facility, including in-patient and 'Home-Care", of which over four thousand breathed their last amidst the caring and comforting staff of Sparsh All services at Sparsh Hospice are completely free to patients, including food, medicines, wound care, and any other service. The state government has recently allotted 1.2 acres of land (at no cost) to Sparsh and we have set up a modern 82 bed eco friendly Hospice, to cater to more patients in the city of Hyderabad and its surroundings. This new building was undertaken at a cost of $1.5 million, all raised through Philanthropy. Our monthly cost for this facility including home care is $ 60,000. The mission of Sparsh is to serve all end of life patients humanely and give a peaceful end to the patients and family members.