India Pharma Outlook Team | Thursday, 17 July 2025
Apollo Home Healthcare in collaboration with the Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals has launched a integrated palliative care at home service in New Delhi.
This is a ground breaking step towards meeting the increasing demands for compassionate end-of-life care in India, where more than 5.4 million people a year need palliative care services and less than 2% receive them.
The new service is providing hospital grade palliative care to patients in their homes, combining clinical excellence with social, emotional, psychological, and spiritual care. The care model is designed for patients with an advanced, progressive, life-limiting, or terminal illness and involves individualized treatment plans, Expert pain and symptom management, and multiple visits by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, and counselors.
Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, Pain and Palliative Care Consultant, Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, said, “In palliative care, the most profound difference comes from meeting patients where they feel safest, at home.”
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The uniqueness of this program lies in its AI-based monitoring tools that can help predict clinical complications early, before they worsen. Using a proactive approach not only can improve quality of life, it will decrease emergency room visits, ICU admissions, and lower healthcare costs for families. The support service is expected to provide real relief to caregivers while ensuring the patients with dignity and continuous support in their preferred places.
After launch in Delhi, it will soon launch Apollo Athenaa, the group's new women's cancer center, with plans for expansion going into other metros & major tier 2 cities. Following this program, Apollo is leading the future of home-based palliative care in India, marrying compassion, technology, and accessibility as needed in this long-overdue direction of care.
