{"id":24661,"date":"2026-01-14T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/article70348864-ece\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:13:05","slug":"article70348864-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=24661","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s changing demographics demand urgent palliative care policy reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Indians live longer and with a higher burden of chronic diseases, the need for increased palliative care becomes unmistakable. The question that must be answered now is whether India\u2019s underfunded health system is ready to meet these needs<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/indias-changing-demographics-demand-urgent-palliative-care-policy-reforms\/article70348864.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Indians live longer and with a higher burden of chronic diseases, the need for increased palliative care becomes unmistakable. The question that must be answered now is whether India\u2019s underfunded health system is ready to meet these needs Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[1701,13009,15200,15199,10952,14918,13950,15202,15201],"class_list":["post-24661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-care","tag-changing","tag-demand","tag-demographics","tag-indias","tag-palliative","tag-policy","tag-reforms","tag-urgent"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}