Aishwaryam Trust opens 20-bed palliative cancer block in Madurai

Madurai: The Aishwaryam Trust, a Madurai-based NGO founded by a group of doctors, inaugurated a new 20-bed palliative cancer block adjacent to their Nethravathi Pain, Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Centre in Vilachery. The facility was inaugurated by Justice L Victoria Gowri of the Madras high court on Sunday.Justice Gowri expressed concern over the abandonment of elderly parents and commended the efforts of the doctors behind Aishwaryam Trust for their dedication to caring for the elderly and terminally ill. The event was attended by dignitaries, including R Rajagovindsamy, district governor of Rotary International District 3000, actor M Soundara Raja, and K Samidurai, state president of the Indian Lawyers Association.Dr R Balagurusamy, managing trustee, explained that the new cancer ward would enhance their ability to care for terminally ill and abandoned elderly patients. Aishwaryam Trust was founded by doctors R Balagurusamy, R Amuthanilavan, P Venkatesh, S Sabarimanikandan, S Srividya Manjunath, Prabhuram Niranjan, and C Satheesh, who met while working at a corporate hospital after graduating from various government colleges in 2008.Motivated by a desire to give back to society, the doctors initially operated a small clinic for the poor in Mahatma Gandhi Nagar. Their work inspired retired government employees Janardhanan and Jalaja to donate 27 cents of land in Vilachery, where the 50-bed Nethravathi Centre was established in 2016.The trust's contributions were recognized by chief minister M K Stalin, who awarded them the ‘Best Institution Award' during Independence Day celebrations.MSID:: 114193123 413 |