Dr. Mallika Tiruvadanan
Founder (first-person account)Founder of Lakshmi Pain & Palliative Care Trust
Dr. Mallika Tiruvadanan is the founder (first-person account) of Lakshmi Pain & Palliative Care Trust (2000)[1], an Indian non-profit working on palliative & cancer care and healthcare from Chennai.
Lakshmi Pain & Palliative Care Trust
Provides palliative care in Chennai for people with life-limiting illness, easing physical, emotional and spiritual distress. Its services run from home visits and free medicines for pain management to inpatient and outpatient care, with awareness programmes that push for earlier access to palliative support.
Lakshmi Pain & Palliative Care Trust reports the following, on its own site:
- 14K+ Lives of Patients and Families Touched with Compassion and Hope
- 14K+ Patients Treated
- 65+ Events and Programs Spreading Awareness & Education
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 2000
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “A Mission Born from Compassion – Dr. Mallika Tiruvadanan | Noticing a gap in medical care, I pursued Palliative Medicine to provide holistic, compassionate support. In 2000, I founded the Trust to offer free palliative care, easing the burden on patients and families.” — Lakshmi Pain & Palliative Care Trust. Source
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