Right to Relief: Palliative Care in India

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Doctors in India say its time for the Indian government to integrate palliative care into routine health care. Photography and video by Brent Foster for Human Rights Watch.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• India
• Health Care
• Palliative Care
• Pain Relief
• morphine

[KeeperOfTheWord]

Arguably, withholding medication when it is in our power to use it to relieve severe pain constitutes an act of torture.

Might this speak to Health Care Reform in the US?

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[balckbettystack]

@balckbettystack I was horrified at the basic & dirty amentites that they must live & die with.

Although I was not dying I did have to get some pain relief whilst in Fiji.ONLY the local,tiny hospital gave me Morphine from their tiny,little,supply.The private clinic didn't have enough to spare.They take the dose out they need & keep the remaining Morphine in the ampule.Where here we would have to through this away.

It was a total eye opener to an Aussie nurse.

[balckbettystack]

I was injured in Fiji late last year.

The state of their medical system is on par to India's.

[SAINTNIKE]

Thank you for bringing this issue to light. Palliative care is vital to human dignity. All should have access to these inexpensive medications.

[jclark058]

We will all die eventually, so you'd think it would be of utmost importance to everyone, to see to it that inexpensive drugs such as morphine and methadone, be freely available to dying patients or ANY medical patient in severe pain regardless of the cost. "Not providing pain relief is a Violation of the right to Health , Govt's have a responsibility to make certain that inexpensive analgesics (Morphine-Methadone-Codeine)ar­e freely available to those dying and those suffering severe pain.

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[srktakerfan15]

great video..I hope the hospitals all around the world now start using mophine...

[NoEalamInSL]

Good thinking Dr. Make use of mofin to get rid of suffering of people. Most people dont understand what you and me understand, they have bird brains!

[churchmn]

Thanks for this thought provoking video.