2005
Palliative Care Department, TATA Memorial Hospital
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(Mumbai, India)
The Department, established in 1996, is under the direction of Mary Ann Muckaden and is affiliated to Maharshtra University of Health Services. TATA Memorial Centre serves as the National Cancer Institute of India and the department treats about 2,000 patients per year. They provide multi-professional approach at all levels of interaction with the patient and family- the primary care givers.
The challenge is to provide adequate and appropriate care to as many patients and their families as possible, with very limited resources and a patient population with different cultural, religious and socio economic characteristics. The Department provides different educational courses in palliative care aimed at multi professionals to promote and disseminate this knowledge and provide quality of care to patients all across India.
