Month: November 2021

A Daughter’s Plea Patient: Jyotiben “Hi, I know you are here for my mother, but is it possible for you to speak to my father? He can’t see my mother in this condition, he cries all day and doesn’t eat, and I don’t know what to do.” This was a plea from a daughter’s heart, who couldn’t bear to see her father broken and distraught at seeing his wife dying of cancer. More often than not, we as palliative care providers, are reminded of the work we are actually doing, the lives we…continue reading →

The Fear Was Real Patient: Sanjana Palliative care is gradually coming to be recognized as the third arm of medicine. But this discipline of medicine, even more than diagnostic and curative treatments, requires a highly compassionate and sensitive approach to the patient and family, by the treating team. Here is a story that exemplifies the need for a high level of sensitivity. On the 31st of December, 2020, PALCARE enrolled Sanjana, a 50-year-old woman, diagnosed with breast cancer, which had metastasized to her brain. She lived in a small house with her husband,…continue reading →