Palliative Medicine

Palliative Medicine

Compassionate Holistic Care for People Living with Serious Illness and Their Families

Patient-Centered Palliative Care

Department of Palliative Medicine at Unico Hospitals is specifically designed for people living with serious, life-limiting, or advanced chronic illnesses, and for their families, who need care that goes beyond disease treatment alone. Palliative care focuses on relieving pain and distressing physical, psycho-social and spiritual symptoms, supporting difficult decisions, and improving day-to-day quality of life at every stage of a serious illness, from the time of diagnosis through survivorship, advanced disease, or end-of-life care. In keeping with Unico's philosophy of Care, “Crae, as unique as you”, every palliative care plan is built around the individual, not the diagnosis. Each plan reflects a patient's own symptoms, priorities, values, and family circumstances, developed together with the patient and their loved ones rather than decided for them.

Who Can Be Benefited by Palliative Care

Palliative care is often misunderstood as care only for the final days of life. In reality, it can benefit a wide range of patients from the point of diagnosis onward, along with its ongoing curative/regular treatment including: 

• Cancer, at any stage of illness
• Organ failure, including heart, lung, kidney, or liver diseases
• Progressive neurological conditions, post stroke disability and dementia
• Patients with multiple chronic illnesses affecting daily function
• Elderly patients with frailty or declining independence
• Critically ill patients and families needing guidance on complex treatment decisions
• Children with life-limiting or complex medical conditions, and their families
• Families needing emotional support and guidance through serious illness
• Bereaved families who have lost their loved ones

Interdisciplinary Care at Corporate Level

Our team brings together Palliative Medicine specialist, physicians from referring specialties, specially trained nurses and allied health professionals, working within standardized protocols and quality processes so that every patient receives consistent, well-coordinated care. This structured, institutional approach, built into the hospital's core departments rather than offered as an informal add-on service, represents a meaningful step forward for palliative care in Bangladesh's corporate hospital landscape, and reflects Unico's commitment to bringing internationally recognized standards of holistic care into everyday practice.

Continuous, Compassionate, and Holistic Care (What We Offer)

Why Choose Unico Palliative Care

• A pioneering, structured palliative care program within Bangladesh's corporate hospital sector
• Individualized care plans tailored to each patient's needs
• Dedicated multidisciplinary team with standardized quality care
• Seamless continuum of care through inpatient, outpatient, home-based, and video consultation services
• Holistic attention to physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing, not disease alone
• Close coordination with other departments/specialties for integrated care
• Compassionate, family-centered approach that supports both patients, families and caregivers