Palliative Care Unit, Kurnool

A 10-bed palliative care ward was started inside the Government General Hospital & Medical College, Kurnool on 18th May 2019. The unit consists of in-patient facility, out-patient services in Kurnool town. All the in-patients are treated on par with the other patients of the hospital. Between 20-25 end-stage cancer patients per month are admitted and cared for in this facility. About 250 to 300 new children are enrolled in this program each year.