D. Priya Kumari
FounderFounder of Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad
D. Priya Kumari is the founder of Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad (2007)[1], an Indian non-profit working on palliative & cancer care, healthcare and orphans & child care from Hyderabad.
Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad
Founded in 2007 by doctors and volunteers at the MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer Centre, the Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society has grown into one of the region's largest palliative care providers. It runs the Kumudini Devi Hospice in Kukatpally, a 10-van home care service across Hyderabad, paediatric palliative teams inside MNJ and Niloufer government hospitals, and 10-bed centres in Kurnool and Puttaparthi — with every service entirely free of cost.
Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad reports the following, on its own site:
- Between 900-1,000 patients admitted annually to Kumudini Devi Hospice with free care, food and medicines
- 30-bed in-patient facility and a 10-van home care service covering Hyderabad and environs
- 81 trained staff including doctors, nurses, social workers and physiotherapists
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Hyderabad
- Founded
- 2007
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Founder & Executive Committee Member” — Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad. Source
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