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A counselor, a nurse and a doctor working for a palliative care organization in New Delhi. Within 48 hours of receiving a call through the helpline, they reach out to provide medical care and emotional support in weekly visits. Sadly, they can’t offer the one thing which the patients and their families are desperately looking for – a cure. Instead, they assist the patient in accepting that dying is a normal process, a part of life.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Introduction
▷ 02:05 - Meherchand's children haven't told him how serious his illness
▷ 06:27 - Hanif suffers from advanced lung cancer and is hoping to get new medication
▷ 12:23 - Munni's feeding tube is removed
▷ 23:22 - Hanif needs an income certifiate in order to get the medicine
▷ 27:12 - Meherchand doesn't have the energy to sit up
▷ 36:00 - Hanif and hid wife can't find the necessary documents
▷ 38:40 - Munni can't eat because of the pain
▷ 47:32 - Hanif didn't take his medication and starts to lose hope
▷ 56:45 - Meherchand is losing awareness
▷ 1:06:54 - Hanif is scared he won't see his children again
▷ 1:11:05 - Munni's daughter is upset that she can't speak much
▷ 1:17:53 - Meherchand was surrounded by his family when he passed away
▷ 1:21:15 - Hanif and his wife decide to go back to their village
▷ 1:24:27 - Manimamma, the counselor, comforts Munni's family after her passing
▷ 1:30:15 - Credits
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According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index, India ranks 67th of 80 countries surveyed. In other words, it’s among one of the worst places to die in. Some of the reasons for this low position are overburdened public hospitals, unaffordable private healthcare and the virtual absence of palliative care. Adding to that, restrictive government policies make opioid painkillers like morphine inaccessible to most.
But, unlike the West where most people die in hospitals and hospices, in India most people still die at home. A recent survey found that 83% of Indians would actually prefer that to dying among strangers or machines in an intensive care unit. This is possible since most Indians have, and often live with, large families who can share the burden of caregiving. But serious illness coupled with poverty can put a family in an extremely precarious position, especially if the terminally ill patient happens to be the main breadwinner, or if the primary wage earner has to give up his / her job in order to look after a sick family member. This is the time when the family desperately needs some external support.
In Delhi, this support comes in the form of a NGO, one of the few, that provides palliative care services. Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people living with and dying from serious, life limiting conditions. It addresses physical, social, psychological and spiritual issues faced by those affected and their families. CanSupport is running India’s largest free home-based palliative care programme for terminally ill cancer patients. In their experience, care administered at home considerably enhances the quality of life for the patient. In a year they are able to reach about 4000 persons. The number of people who need palliative care in India is estimated to be 6 million.
Only 20 countries have palliative care well-integrated into the healthcare system.
In 42% of the world’s countries there is zero availability of palliative care.
40 million people worldwide need palliative care annually including 20 million at the end of life.
78% of those needing palliative care live in low and middle income countries.
Directed by Farida Pacha
Original title: Watch over me
© 2021, licensed by First Hand Films
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A counselor, a nurse and a doctor working for a palliative care organization in New Delhi. Within 48 hours of receiving a call through the helpline, they reach out to provide medical care and emotional support in weekly visits. Sadly, they can’t offer the one thing which the patients and their families are desperately looking for – a cure. Instead, they assist the patient in accepting that dying is a normal process, a part of life.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Introduction
▷ 02:05 - Meherchand's children haven't told him how serious his illness
▷ 06:27 - Hanif suffers from advanced lung cancer and is hoping to get new medication
▷ 12:23 - Munni's feeding tube is removed
▷ 23:22 - Hanif needs an income certifiate in order to get the medicine
▷ 27:12 - Meherchand doesn't have the energy to sit up
▷ 36:00 - Hanif and hid wife can't find the necessary documents
▷ 38:40 - Munni can't eat because of the pain
▷ 47:32 - Hanif didn't take his medication and starts to lose hope
▷ 56:45 - Meherchand is losing awareness
▷ 1:06:54 - Hanif is scared he won't see his children again
▷ 1:11:05 - Munni's daughter is upset that she can't speak much
▷ 1:17:53 - Meherchand was surrounded by his family when he passed away
▷ 1:21:15 - Hanif and his wife decide to go back to their village
▷ 1:24:27 - Manimamma, the counselor, comforts Munni's family after her passing
▷ 1:30:15 - Credits
#CanSupport #counselor #nurse #doctor #palliative #palliativecare #hospice #hospicecare #terminallyill #patients #India #qualityoflife #newdehli #treatment #cancer #cancertreatment #morphine #illness #family #NGO #support #documentary #fulldocumentary #healthcaresystem #healthcare #loss #grief #bereavement #bereavementsupport #wocomohumanity
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According to the 2015 Quality of Death Index, India ranks 67th of 80 countries surveyed. In other words, it’s among one of the worst places to die in. Some of the reasons for this low position are overburdened public hospitals, unaffordable private healthcare and the virtual absence of palliative care. Adding to that, restrictive government policies make opioid painkillers like morphine inaccessible to most.
But, unlike the West where most people die in hospitals and hospices, in India most people still die at home. A recent survey found that 83% of Indians would actually prefer that to dying among strangers or machines in an intensive care unit. This is possible since most Indians have, and often live with, large families who can share the burden of caregiving. But serious illness coupled with poverty can put a family in an extremely precarious position, especially if the terminally ill patient happens to be the main breadwinner, or if the primary wage earner has to give up his / her job in order to look after a sick family member. This is the time when the family desperately needs some external support.
In Delhi, this support comes in the form of a NGO, one of the few, that provides palliative care services. Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people living with and dying from serious, life limiting conditions. It addresses physical, social, psychological and spiritual issues faced by those affected and their families. CanSupport is running India’s largest free home-based palliative care programme for terminally ill cancer patients. In their experience, care administered at home considerably enhances the quality of life for the patient. In a year they are able to reach about 4000 persons. The number of people who need palliative care in India is estimated to be 6 million.
Only 20 countries have palliative care well-integrated into the healthcare system.
In 42% of the world’s countries there is zero availability of palliative care.
40 million people worldwide need palliative care annually including 20 million at the end of life.
78% of those needing palliative care live in low and middle income countries.
Directed by Farida Pacha
Original title: Watch over me
© 2021, licensed by First Hand Films
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Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE
▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL
▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK
Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
