Dean Foundation is dedicated to the care and management of people with terminal, incurable diseases, since 1998, providing competent care and compassion to end unnecessary suffering, indignity and fear.
Since inception in 1998, our teams of doctors and nurses have reached out to 17,567 patients (Adults, Children & the Elderly) as on 31 December 2022 through 76,243 Outpatient Services and 62,657 Home Care visits; 13,745 have been Cancer patients. In our Paediatric Palliative Care Project, we have treated 3,485 children between the ages 0 to 12 years of whom 2,158 have been afflicted by Cancer. Currently, approx. 933 patients are under our care. About 85% of our patients are from very low socioeconomic backgrounds; unable to cope with the negative impacts of adverse health events, and 50% are geriatric patients.