
Uthradam Day of Onam festival was not only an enriching, but diverse experience for us, the DNipCare volunteers, as we decided to spend our time with cancer patients of Shanti Avedna Sadan. We made a floral design of Onam festival, displayed and explained the significance of Onam to the patients. Concerned with the plight of patients especially those with rice tube for feeding; we choose fruit juices as an alternative for sweet payasam (kheer) distribution on Happy Onam occasion.
An article on Palliative Care written by Mr.T.V. Vijayan & published in The Telegraph Daily, Kolkata on 22nd August 2010can be accessed through the following link :
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100822/jsp/7days/story_12839171.jsp