A People’s Initiative
Oncolink Palliative Care Hospital has a license of 20 beds along with OPD and home based care facilities. It is situated at Vill- Teghari, PO- Madanpur, Dist- Nadia, PIN- 741245, a distance by train from Sealdah to Madanpur Raliway Station, 50 km and by road it is 60km via NH 34 (Birohi More to Madanpur).
As a social organization Oncolink has come forward, challenging the established norms of curative hospital, to provide this care and facility to the patients when curative treatment is no longer beneficial to them. In that sense this is the only dedicated hospital for palliative care in West Bengal. The idea of community based Oncolink Palliative Care Hospital has been designed on ashramite concept, away from the din and bustle of the city life.
Oncolink has a multi disciplinary team to cater its services.
It is a multi disciplinary team effort where there are specialized doctors, general physicians, nurses and health workers on the one hand and, on the other, there are social workers, spiritual counselors, cultural workers and trained volunteers. It refers to the comprehensive management of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and existential needs of the patient.
Each member of the team recognizes and accepts a fiduciary relationship with the patient and the family members while maintaining professional boundaries with them. The training of team members and family members in this regard will be mandatory and a continuous process.
