Joy Koothur
Co-founderFounder of Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital
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Joy Koothur is the co-founder of Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare from Thrissur.
Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital
Founded in 2016 by the Franciscan Sisters of St. Clare at Pallissery, Arattupuzha in Thrissur district, Shanthibhavan is a free palliative hospital with no bills and no cash counters. It provides inpatient palliative care, a solar-powered free dialysis unit, ambulance services and round-the-clock home care for bedridden patients across the district.
Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital reports the following, on its own site:
- With 99 beds and a heart for service, we provide complete palliative care with no bills and no cash counters.
- With the capacity to serve 40 patients, this facility provides life-saving kidney dialysis treatment completely free of charge to indigent patients
- 99 Bed Hospital 15 Home Care Vehicles 24/7 Emergency Care
- Organisations
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- Based in
- Thrissur
- Founded
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- Press
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References
- [1] “Rev. Fr Joy Koothur, co-founder and CEO of Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital, received the prestigious National Award from Asia Today Media and Research Group” — Shanthibhavan Palliative Hospital. Source
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