Oncology Services

Palliative care is a branch of modern medicine that aims to provide compassionate, comprehensive care to patients facing serious illnesses, ensuring comfort, dignity, and the highest quality of life possible.

Mission statement / Departmental philosophy: To provide symptom relief, dignity and support to patients and their families who face serious illnesses, at all times during their treatment journey.

About Us

The state-of-the-art Palliative Care Department at Sir HN Reliance Foundation aims is to provide compassionate, comprehensive care to patients facing serious illnesses, ensuring comfort, dignity, and the highest quality of life possible.

It is led by a specialist with Dual Expertise: Chronic pain medicine and Palliative medicine which positions the institution at the top of the corporate medical sector offering comprehensive care to all people and families who approach it for medical help.

For instance, although less than 2% of the people who have advanced cancer in India have access to palliative care. Our department caters to those who attend oncology and non-oncology departments to make sure they have access and opportunity to achieve the best quality of life.

Any pain lasting more than 3 months is considered chronic pain

• Chronic spinal pain
• Chronic headaches
• Chronic pain in children
• Chronic neuropathic pain
• Chronic abdominal pain
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Chronic widespread pain, like Fibromyalgia
• Pain due to serious illness:
  • Cancer pain
  • Post stroke pain
  • Pain in people with Chronic kidney disease and dialysis
  • Pain in people with liver disease
  • Pain in people with vascular disease
  • Pain in people with rheumatological conditions
• Pain in special populations like Children and Elderly
• Other symptoms:
  • Breathlessness in cancer
  • Nausea, vomiting and other symptoms in palliative care
  • Orphan symptoms like hiccups, itching etc in palliative care
• Care of caregivers in families whose relatives are facing diseases