SHIMLA, Himachal Pradesh, June 26 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh issued the following press release:

While presiding over a meeting of Health Department here today, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed to identify the eligible beneficiaries for palliative care with special focus on elderly persons requiring home based health care. He said that the State Government would launch a comprehensive palliative care campaign shortly, aimed at offering door step medical services to elderly and patients across the State.

Sh. Sukhu said that ASHA workers and Community Health officers (CHOs) will identify the eligible beneficiaries and team comprising of medical officer, physiotherapist from A...