We were overjoyed in 2019 when the Government of Kerala responded positively to our request for review and revision of its palliative care policy of 2008. The work progressed so efficiently and a revised policy was announced in October 2019. However the pandemic threw a spanner into the works. Now that the world seems to be returning to some semblance of normalcy, the government has constituted a committee to take its implementation forward.
See here the policy document both in English and Malayalam:
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