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Dr L J DeSousa
FounderFounder of Shanti Avedna Sadan
Dr L J DeSousa is the founder of Shanti Avedna Sadan (1980)[1], an Indian non-profit working on palliative & cancer care and healthcare from Mumbai.
Shanti Avedna Sadan
Shanti Avedna Sadan was India's first hospice, providing free pain management, nursing and end-of-life care to advanced and terminally ill cancer patients regardless of caste or creed, with centres in Mumbai, Goa and Delhi.
Shanti Avedna Sadan reports the following, on its own site:
- 29,990+ patients cared for
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 1980
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Dr DeSousa responded to the Indian context by establishing the Shanti Avedna Sadan in 1980.” — Shanti Avedna Sadan. Source
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