Patients with lung disease need palliative care as much as they do medicines. When medicines stop working, it is only palliative care that will ease their suffering. Sadly, India lags behind in palliative care and oxygen, which is vital for helping patients along, is not just difficult to come by outside hospitals but also expensive and not covered by insurance when administered at home.
Figuring a way out is important because lung disease, in particular COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is one of the leading causes of morbidity. India, in fact, has a high number of COPD-related deaths. . .
