About Us

Welcome to the
Sharanya Rural Pain and Palliative Care Center and Research

A BRIEF NOTE ON DSL TRUST (R)

DSL TRUST means D.S. Lakshminarayana Setty. Trust. It was started on 16th Jan 2002 and got registered under Trust deed Act No. 131/1V/116/131-148 dt. 21/01/2002. It also got registered under section 12 of the Income tax act and got exemption under section 80G (5) (VI) of the Income tax act 1961 under order no CIT/DUG/NO 635/95/80-G/04-05 dated 02/05/2005.

The Trust started with the Divine blessings of Shri D.S. Lakshminarayana Setty whose life journey was the lime light to render service to the needy people of the society through the trust activities.

The main aim and vision of DSL TRUST and SHARANYA

DSL Trust has a wide vision to serve the needy people of the society as below:

SHARANYA is one project of DSL Trust, CARING FOR CRITICAL, ADVANCED AND TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

It’s main aim and visions are:

To provide dignified days to a patient during last days of journey
To provide better living standards for a patient
To offer all services freely as a charity without any expectation from the beneficiary
To fulfill pain and palliative care practices
To organize awareness programs about hospitals and palliative care
To offer compassionate services
Provide patient recreation and play facilities
Counselling patients and their families
Mediation, yoga and pranayama
Garden and greenery environment

Vision

To provide dignified days to a patient during last days of Journey.
To provide better living standards for a patient.
To offer all services freely as a charity without any expectation from the beneficiary.
Landing hand to provide NURSING CARE CONSOLMENT SHELTER & SPIRITUAL SUPPORT

Mission

What does SHARANYA mean?

“Sharanye tryambake devi narayani namostute” Shlokha translates to,“Lord Durga, the salvager, the liberator, the one who fulfills our desires, the one who helps us to achieve righteousness, I surrender myself to you.”

“SHARANYA” is a Sanskrit word, which means – Protector and Giver of Refuge.

Our institution is a place that provides physical, mental, and emotional & spiritual refuge to people suffering from life-limiting illnesses and are at a stage of beyond cure. Prof. Sri Krishna Murthy suggested that the word Sharanya gives complete meaning to our aim and vision.

Aims & Objectives

TO REDUCE OR MINIMIZE PAINS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE DISEASE. (PAIN & PALLIATIVE CARE)

Patients of advanced and critical illness of cancer and other chronic diseases will have pains and sufferings. Many a time adverse effects of the disease and medicine will induce un- tolerable pains and causes sufferings inside and outside the body. This will impact on food intake, muscle and body pains, stomach ache, constipation and vomiting etc.

The primary objective is to control or minimize these effects and to bring the patient back to normal situation. But it does not mean the disease is being cured. It is only an effort to minimize the pains and sufferings.

TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS CARE :

Providing a continuous care round the clock is an essential part of patient’s health. The patient who is already suffering from chronic disease will have different problems and it will be reflected at different times. Many patients will be advised for periodic medication like 3rd hourly/4th hourly etc. Thus continuous monitoring is important and need of observation round the clock is very much essential

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE :

Quality of life has more impact on patients care at their advanced stage of illness. The patient’s earlier level of life style doesn’t matter a lot. But the best way they would be treated now plays a very important role.

Quality of life means the health condition, medication, place of living, required food, compassionate care and many more. A patient resting on a bed with a fan for comfortness is also a part of good quality of life.

MANAGING A PATIENT AT THE PROGRESSIVE STATE OF DECLINE :

During the time period of a patient’s progressive state of decline, drastic and frequent changes in the patient’s condition takes place. A problem which is being treated has got an impact on the symptom of some other health problem. This may affect other parts of the body too. This is a situation of continuous care and addressing symptoms of the disease which is also termed as Symptom Management. In this situation educative counselling on the progression of the disease which is more essential to both patient and their families.

TO PROVIDE PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES TO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PATIENTS POSSIBLE :

Palliative care service is a unique way of approaching the patients suffering from chronic illness. All the hospitals are equipped with curative treatments. But a very few centers are providing palliative treatments and services to advanced and critical patients. There is a vast need of this service to maximum number of patients.

DIGNITY OF LIFE :

Living in a dignified way is one of the important care in the palliative procedure. Dignity of a person does not exist in his/her wealth or social status. It is our intention to create an atmosphere such that, the patient should feel he/she is living comfortably even though he/she is helpless. He/she must be provided with proper accommodation, timely food and caring for their personal needs with proper medication.

SPIRITUAL CARE:

Arranging spiritual talks, positive motivational speeches, bhajans and songs will improve patients health and on their feelings. It helps to develop courage to face the situation and to accept the worst situation of the disease as it comes.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE :

Psychological care is provided by timely counseling and creating a positive environment. Generally a patient will have a negative feeling on medicines, medical treatment, god, society and also on their family. An effort is made to understand that nobody is responsible for the situation and when it happens, we have to accept the real truth of life.

SOCIAL CARE :

Social care is also an essential part of palliative care practice. A patient is more worried about his/her family responsibilities and ill feelings within them. An effort is made to bring them out of that situation by providing a moral support.

TO ELIMINATE LONELINESS AND PROVIDE A COMPASSIONATE ATMOSPHERE :

Loneliness is the devil of mind. Due to health illness of the patient neither the family members nor the outsiders are ready to spend time and hear their feelings. Every care taker and counseling staff has been trained to speak and hear the feelings of the patient. A compassionate attachment is developed with the patient to share their feelings and become pain free of their psychological sufferings.