Its palliative care approach involves specialised medical care, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement support to the patient and their family. As well as reducing pain, it helps manage symptoms of life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses to improve the quality of life for both patient and family. And this support is given — irrespective of a patient’s ability to pay for the service —with no barriers to race, religion, culture or creed.
Celebrating 41 years in 2021, SLCH continues to rely on donations to offer this support. Providing palliative care in the larger Cape Town area, it relies on funds to cover salaries for professional and psychosocial staff, medication for patients, PPE, In-patient units and home- based care which also includes meals and toiletries.