Jammu and Kashmir got its first palliative care centre for cancer and terminally ill patients suffering from non-communicable diseases, who earlier had to travel to Delhi or Chandigarh for treatment.
Established at district hospital Gandhi Nagar here under the national palliative care programme, The centre was inaugurated by Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Atul Dulloo.
It has been set up under the national palliative care programme by AIIMS, New Delhi in collaboration with the Union health ministry and the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN), Singapore, he added