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WORLD HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE DAY

#WORLD_HOSPICE_AND_PALLIATIVE_CARE_DAY_9thOctober_2021#    Pallium India     KOSISH-the hospice     EIPC               This year's theme is "Leave No One Behind "-- equity access to palliative care. Everyone should be accessible to healthcare system with the aid of Palliative Care irrespective of caste, creed, religion, economic status. Examples of inequities in Palliative Care access are the following categories of people-- Older Persons, Racial minorities, Homeless people, Prisoners, People with disability, LGBTQ community, Sex workers, Migratory working class, Children.      88% of people who need Palliative care are deprived of.      Still palliative care is not fully integrated.     Palliative care is rarely adequately financed by the government.       In India, only 2% of the total patients receive palliative care.       So to mitigate su...