Health

Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre

Cipla set up the palliative care centre in Pune in 1997 to provide free-of-cost care to patients with advanced cancer, and to support their families. The Centre operates on a unique family care model. The patients and their families are cared for by a strong multi-disciplinary team at the Centre. They also extend free-of-cost palliative care through home care services in the community and out-patient (OPD) services at hospitals.

Reached out to 18,500+ patients and their families since 1997

Continuity of Care during COVID-19

In COVID-19 times, under stringent safety measures, we continue to care for patients and their families at the Centre and serve critical patients in the safety and comfort of their homes.

National Palliative Care Outreach

In 2020-2021 we extended our palliative care services across the country with the help of 13 partners in 7 states.

6,400+ Patients and 9,900+ Family members accessed palliative care through in-patient, outpatient and home care services in 2020-21

An estimated 1.6 million children in India need specialised pediatric palliative care.

We have been deepening our work by setting up Dedicated Pediatric Palliative Care Units and Palliative Care Services for serious illnesses beyond cancer.

In 2021, backed by the success of earlier units, we launched a pediatric palliative care OPD at the BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai in partnership with Tata Memorial Hospital – the first such facility in a municipal hospital in the city.

Mobile Healthcare Units

We support the running of Mobile Health Units (MHUs) near our Baddi, Patalganga, Indore, and Kurkumbh plants. The MHUs provide free-of-cost primary healthcare including diagnosis, treatment, and referral services to vulnerable groups, especially women, children, and the elderly.

Over 96,000+ free-of-cost health check-ups provided through MHUs in 2020-21

Restarting Care and Restoring Hope in COVID-19 times

Our Mobile Healthcare Units are back on the roads, reaching patients in remote locations and providing medicines to patients with chronic illnesses.

Sha’p Left

In South Africa, we support Sha’p Left network which continues to bring affordable and quality primary healthcare within the reach of low-income communities.

Reached out to 45,000+ people in 2020-21

Purpose-built containers drive health and hope in COVID-19 times

Under its Sha’p Left initiative, the Foundation has innovatively modelled containers into low-cost clinics to advance COVID-19 testing and accelerate chronic medicine dispensing in remote areas in South Africa.

Chronic Medicine Dispensation Units

The Foundation in South Africa has established 50 chronic medicine dispensation points for patients who otherwise have to collect their medication from government health facilities. This makes it more convenient for patients, improves adherence to treatment and has also helped to decongest the government health facilities.

More than 700,000 units of medication dispensed in 2020-21

Accelerating Chronic Medicine Dispensing during COVID-19

The chronic medicine pick-up centres help with decongesting government centres thereby supporting social distancing and patient safety.

In South Africa, the Foundation supports the ‘Miles For Smiles’ initiative, which creates awareness and raises funds for corrective surgeries for children born with cleft lips and palates.

Despite the challenges of medicine and blood shortage, Thalassemia care has continued in COVID-19 times under stringent safety protocols.

We are partnering with like-minded organisations across the country including the Municipal Corporation of Greater Maharashtra (MCGM) to support the Comprehensive Thalassemia and Bone Marrow Transplant Centre in Borivali, Mumbai.

Enabled over 28 Bone Marrow Transplant surgeries and 3216 blood transfusions for patients in 2020-21 alongside providing COVID-19 safety gear for healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centres

One out of every five patients struggle even after recovering from COVID-19*. They continue experiencing breathlessness, cough, weakness, and fatigue that compromises their quality of life.

This led us to focus our respiratory initiatives in 2021 to support post-COVID-19 patients to rebuild their respiratory health.

At the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinics, post-COVID-19 patients and those with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) receive free-of-cost supervised pulmonary rehabilitation care – a combination of exercise, diet, counselling, and breathing techniques. After the first face-to-face session, patients can continue the programme under supervision, virtually from their homes.

We have supported the set-up of 3 Dedicated Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinics in Pune and Jaipur as part of our long-term COVID-19 response journey

520+ patients supported

Project Ummeed

One of India’s Largest Public-Private Partnerships for COVID-19 Testing

Through this initiative, we have been supporting the extraordinary efforts of the government of Maharashtra and State Municipal Corporations to take free-of-cost RT-PCR COVID-19 tests to patients across the state. We launched this initiative in May 2020 in partnership with Citibank.

As one of India’s largest public-private partnerships for COVID-19 testing, we continue to lead this drive serving financially marginalised patients in Maharashtra – the state with one of the highest COVID-19 cases in the country.

From April 2020 – to June 2021, we have supported 1,18,000+ RT-PCR Tests in 26+Government Hospitals across 17+ Districts in Maharashtra. In 2021, we supported 14000 + RT-PCR tests in Satara and Panvel

Supported COVID-19 Care Facilities

We reached out to over 26 public health care institutions in the country, supporting them with RT-PCR testing facilities and equipment for COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment including oxygen concentrators, ventilators, high flow nasal oxygen masks, Centrifuge and UPS, and more. While we continue providing specialised equipment, we are also strengthening health institutions to better prepare for a possible third wave. We are extending support for Ventilators/ICU beds/Pediatric ICU and emergency services like Ambulances. Our aim is to reduce the burden on health facilities and enable vulnerable patients to get timely care.

5,500+ children supported till June 2021 and 35 health care facilities equipped with O2 concentrators, ventilators, and x-ray machines

Safeguarding urban and rural communities and healthcare workers

In April 2020, we began supporting frontline workers, health care staff, and patients with urgently needed safety gear including PPE kits, face masks, sanitisers, gloves, and more. From April 2020 – to June 2021 377,000+ safety gear distributed

In response to the government’s call to enhance health care access and pandemic protection in rural areas, we have been working with panchayats, district administration, NGOs, and grassroots workers.

We have especially supported the field-level health care workers – ASHAs by providing them with more than 6,800masks, 108,000 gloves, and 1,000+ face shields