MAHAN TRUST

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 Taking care of terminally ill patients thru hospice kind of facilities is a huge

gap in Indian health care and particularly not available for resource-limited

tribal patients. Hospice care is a type of healthcare that focuses on the

palliation/Relief of symptoms and suffering of a terminally ill patient's pain

and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the

end of life making those days somewhat comp. Akola resident Sureshchandra

Wairagkar’s family realized this through personal experience, which led to giving

donation for creating “Shanti-Nilayam”- Abode of peace for terminally ill

patients at MAHAN Trust, Melghat tribal area under able leadership

of Dr. Ashish Satav. 

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'Hospice'- 'Shanti Nilayam' has been operationalized since 2018 by Dr. Ashish and team with a 4-bed unit initially with facilities such as 24 hours on call doctors, nursing staff, cardiac monitors, ventilator, nebuliser, defibrillator, suction machine besides grief counselling and support services to the affected families. Facility is being provided free of charge to poor tribal patients and at minimal charges to other non-tribal needy families. 

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Mr. Sureshchandra Wairagkar, 85 years., passed away in 2017 after a terminal illness. Fulfilling his last wishes, family donated his body, didn’t perform any religious rituals and created this hospice on his first anniversary. More such examples can be replicated for the benefit of larger society to alleviate pain and suffering through shared responsibilities.

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This initial donation is to start this hospice but Shanti Nilayam will need your continued support for smooth operations for years to come. Wairagkar family would like to appeal to individual donors and organizations to support their efforts with Dr. Ashish and donate their might for Shanti Nilayam. If someone is willing to support this facility, please contact Dr. Ashish Satav, MAHAN Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital, Karmgram, Utavali, Tahsil : Dharni, Dist: Amaravati. Phone : 9975572101

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Till date life of 15 people made comfortable in their last days which includes 14 free of cost 

Additionally more than 700  people are treated for various critical illness in this Shanti Nilayam