The aim of improving the quality of life of terminally ill persons was what prompted the setting up of the Bangalore Hospice Trust in 1994. The Hospice   provides in-patient care to 55 persons in the center appropriately named "Karunashraya" which means abode of compassion.

It provides personal care, emotional support, respite care, financial and legal planning advice, symptom control, appropriate nutrition, bereavement support and medical supplies and equipment, all this totally free of cost. The building   also provides accommodation for full time nursing staff, helpers and other para-medicals. Soon it will also provide day-care facilities for patients who wish to be looked after during the day but want to go home for the night. Also provided  is a service of two home care teams, for the first time in India - all this totally free of cost. 

We also believe that our responsibility does not end with physical care. Since Palliative Care is such a new concept in India, we consider it our duty to share our knowledge with other doctors, nurses, social workers etc. through the Rotary Indiranagar - BHT Center for Palliative Care Education.