STUDY ABOUT LIVE

PROJECT

Direct interaction with

project proponents,
Website info

LIVE PROJECT SELECTED:

Ishpremalaya Palliative Care Hospice, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra
Location: Nirukh village, Sawantwadi Taluka, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, India
Importance of site: 2.5km from Sawantwadi town, close to Highway from Sawantwadi to Venguria.
Project aimed at: Cancer patients and people from Maharashtra, Goa and other neighbouring
states.
Area: 50,000 sqft land (1.15 acre)
Total built-up area: 28955 sqft (2690 sqm)
Status of project: Building construction going on
Project proponents: Society of Sisters of the Cross, Kolhapur, Pune
Website: www.holycrosspune.in>healthcare>ishpremalaya

ISHPREMALAYA: REQUIREMENTS GROUND FLOOR

4 x 8 Bedded Wards
10 Self-contained rooms (For serious patients)
1 Administrative Office
1 OPD room
1 Pharmacy
1 Self-contained Doctors Room
1 Big Stock Room (for equipment)
Prayer Hall
Multi-purpose Room
Physiotherapy Room
Small Counseling Room
Kitchen
Store Room
Dining Room for Nurses
1 x 2-Bed Self-contained Room for Relatives of Patient

ISHPREMALAYA: REQUIREMENTS BASEMENT

Garage
Drivers Room
Watchmans Room
Morgue

Ishpremalaya: Requirements - First Floor

10 Rooms
2 x 4-bed Dormitory
1 x2-bed Room for Working Girls
Community Room
Dining Room
Kitchen
Small store-room
Wash-room and Toilet (for Guests)
Chapel
Washing & Drying Room (Clothes)
Small Recreation Room

COMPONENTS LACKING

COMPONENTS ADOPTED

LESSONS LEARNT

INFORMATION FROM TALKING WITH THE

PROJECT PROPONENTS OF
ISHPREMALAYA:
Who is behind the project:
Why the project idea came up:
Who is aimed at coming OR what is the market :
How is the funding:
Which all areas patients are coming from:
What is the process of admission to death:
What all facilities are available:

INFORMATION FROM TALKING WITH THE

PROJECT PROPONENTS OF
ISHPREMALAYA:
Current status of the project:
Type of age group aimed at:
Which people use which facility:
When I can meet or visit the facility:
Site plan available? :

CIPLA
Difference from charity organisation
Hiring process
Why there are no much non-profitable organisations in this field

Secondary data collection standards (straight forward), what other

projects are there in India and abroad, interviewed data etc., very crisp
data, properly backed data.
Methodology Talk with doctor about whether adding other patients to cancer patients
in hospice care centre from the care centre.
Structure 20th format of the ppt., methodology, structure of the ppt.,
site visit details.
Fill in the contents later
How we have arrived at hospice care centre, rationale.
Secondary data background study, similar projects from the world,
rationale, reason, reading, internet, research.
Primary data live case study, data from visiting personally
List of literature case studies for all the components.
Death and life study institute deal very carefully, how it is suitable for
Indian context, what is the degree that can be offered, expert opinion
on this for making a good strong rationale.
Find from the people