Kidwai’s home-based palliative care reaches over 3,000 patients and caregivers
The Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology has expanded its palliative care services to include home-based visits for over 3,000 patients. The program provides medical, emotional, and financial support to families dealing with advanced illnesses.
Why it matters
It demonstrates a scalable model for improving quality of life for terminally ill patients by reducing the burden on hospital infrastructure.
For patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, palliative care often needs to extend beyond hospital wards to their homes, where families grapple with pain, emotional distress, and the demands of long-term caregiving.
At the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO), the Department of Palliative Medicine has made home-based care a key part of its services, reporting more than 750 home-care visits, over 12,000 km travelled and more than 3,000 beneficiaries, including patients and caregivers.
These services were highlighted while observing World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 10, which this year carried the theme ‘Pain management: An essential part of palliative care’.
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