Tag: Hospice

  • DEAN Foundation wants no one, even people from remotest villages to die of suffering and pain

    As the date for my visit to the DEAN Foundation was confirmed, I was a little apprehensive. I did not know what Palliative care or Hospice was and felt I was stepping into the unknown. DEAN Foundation is a one-storied building located in Kilpauk. The clinic is on the ground floor and the office on…

  • How it all began at DEAN Foundation

    Deepa Muthiyan, the founder of Dean Foundation was born in Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh and grew up in the Nilgiris. It has been said that very strong bonds are formed between grandmothers and granddaughters, both powerful and meaningful. Such was the relationship between Deepa and her grandmother. Her grandmother was a doctor herself who lived and…