PANAJI
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that his Cabinet approved a scheme to grant financial support to private organisations providing palliative care to terminal cancer patients, a service not available in public healthcare institutions.
Sawant said as of today, two organisations are eligible for this scheme “ Shanti Avedna Ashram at Loutolim and the IMA-run centre at Ponda.
“These Centres will get Rs 2.5 lakh every month from the government,” Sawant said, adding that it will basically take care of the costs incurred on fees or salaries of doctors and para-medical personnel of these centres.
He said the scheme requires the beneficiary centres to have at least 20 in-patients to be eligible for the funding.
More centres being set up in the State in the future will also be eligible for this scheme, Sawant said, adding that this work is good and noble and such a scheme was promised by him in his budget speech.
These centres may also provide palliative care for senior citizens with other chronic diseases like Parkinsons, Dementia and Alzheimers.
