New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Centre three weeks to inform it about the implementation of 2017 guidelines on palliative care issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing a petition seeking a direction to authorities to provide palliative care to terminally ill persons as part of the national health programme. It posted the matter for further hearing on November 25.

Palliative care is specialised medical care for people suffering from serious ailments and health conditions of a terminal nature.

Senior advocate Jayna Kothari, appearing for the petitioner, told the bench about the 2017 guidelines titled National Programme for Palliative Care.

She said the Centre has filed a short a

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