BHT Karunashraya

we believe that this is the most crucial stage in a patient’s life, when he or she has suddenly lost the security and comfort of a hospital, since no further treatment is possible. the trauma of losing medical support, added to the fear of death cannot be easily described. the entire burden of care, now rests with the families, who are more often than not are ill equipped financially and emotionally, to deal with the situation. it is at this stage that all human beings, rich or poor, deserve the peace and dignity that are so essential before the inevitable end comes. our aim at karunashraya is to give this much needed solace and dignity to advanced stage cancer patients. it is against this background the bht came into being. it is jointly set up by the indian cancer society (karnataka chapter) and the rotary bangalore indiranagar. bht is successfully in its 21th year of operation of the in-patient facility, and the 25th year of operation for the home care facility. till date we ha