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Palliative Care: SC Gives Three Weeks To Centre To Inform About Implementation Of 2017 Guidelines

The bench was hearing a petition seeking direction to authorities to provide palliative care to terminally ill persons as part of the national health programme.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave three weeks’ time to the central government to apprise it on the implementation of 2017 guidelines on palliative care issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Palliative care is specialised medical care for people suffering from serious ailments and health conditions of a terminal nature.

The matter came up before a bench comprising justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. The bench was hearing a petition seeking a direction to authorities to provi

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