Compassionate Cancer Care
Dedicated to fostering dignity and equity in palliative care services.
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Shenbagam Cancer Care
Equitable and Inclusive Health Care For All
In memory of late Prof. Dr Udaya Mahadevan, Loyola College, Chennai.
Closing the Gaps in Women's Cancer Care
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Shenbagam Cancer Care is an initiative of Vivek Gandhi Foundation, a registered trust formed in 2008;
its founder is M S Vivek Gandhi, a Senior Community Based Development Consultant,
with rich experience in health care, health equity and social audit ; an MSW from Loyola College, Chennai.
Shenbagam is a cluster of services committed
to providing relief to health related
suffering mass of over ten million in India.
We endeavor to deliver quality palliative care, to capacity build professionals and the larger community
and promote equity based palliative care services across India.
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Shenbagam : Endorsing health equity in cancer care
We believe that access to quality cancer care needs to be expanded to ensure that everybody is provided the same care and access to state-of-the-art technology that patients in major care centers receive. Fear of cancer, perceived cost of care, and lack of referral are common barriers to cancer screening and other preventive services.
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Shenbagam Cancer Care owes its inspiration
to late Prof. Dr. Udaya Mahadevan
whose lived wisdom contineus to guide its trajectory.
Closing the Gaps in Women's Cancer Care
Millions in India, afflicted by serious illnesses, have been trapped into a vicious cycle of helplessness. Their challenge is not lack of access to health care; but their challenge is to be able to access a robust caring community to lessen their burden.
They are written off as liability, even by their primary family due to unmitigated economic predicament.
Women patients needing terminal care face twice discrimination and stigma; they need to be treated with equity.
We vow to stand by these weak and vulnerable.
We are sharing consciousness with those fading into eternity,
to die consciously with dignity.
-Late Prof. Dr Udaya Mahadevan,
(Dept. of Social Work, Loyola College.)
Our Vision
To promote equity based palliative care, integrated horizontally across health care system starting at India’s PHCs; to increase access to preventive cancer care; with a special focus on women, for pain relief
and quality palliative care.
Our Mission
To create effective models of pain relief and quality palliative care services and replicate them across India through training, education,
capacity building, advocacy and research.
- Patient care is the centre of our mission.
- Our commitment is pivoted on Patient and his family.
- Quality care is right of every human being and it is to be free from any form of discrimination related to gender or geographical location.
- Professional commitment, competence and compassion are the triune forces that drive our service delivery.
- We believe in fostering human dignity and equality in all our relationships with all individuals.
- We endorse timeless principles of social equity
Our Team
Our multidisciplinary team (MDT) ushers in palliative care, providing comprehensive, patient-centered care.
They work collaboratively to address the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of patients and their families.
This team includes professionals like doctors, nurses,
therapists, social workers, psychologists, and spiritual advisors.
Services
Cancer Awareness & Cancer Early Stage Detection Camps
We regularly conduct cancer awareness camps targeting rural India; marginalized groups; government sector; and private corporate sector. Talks are given about Harmful Effects of tobacco use, HPV virus and cancer vaccine. Cancer Early Stage Detection camps : Cancer Screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms. This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. Cancer Early Stage Detection camps are conducted with focus on oral, cervical and breast cancer. Our bold goal is to make early-stage detection an essential part of the standard of care for all cancers. By doing so we will reduce cancer deaths by 25% in five years and 50% in 10 years.
Palliative Care & End of life Care
We understand our patients are entitled to live life to the fullest throughout their illness and are treated with dignity, empathy and respect: palliative care includes pain relief and psychological and spiritual support both to the patients and their family. End of Life Care : Our End of Life Care program aims to give our patients a dignified and gracious end to their life. We provide our patients dignity at the end of life. We prepare families and friends for their loved one’s death.
Research, Capacity Building and Advocacy
We undertake to advancing palliative care through evidence-based research and public policy advocacy. Our focus has been on promoting health equity, a hassle free access to equitable, inclusive cancer care for all ; a central strategy is to promote inclusive cancer care training to all stakeholders : doctors, nurses, PHCs, social workers, advocacy experts, planners, funding organizations and equity-audit teams etc.
Testimonials
Dr Derek Lobo, Conssultant, Dept. of Public Health, NITTE University, Mangalore, Karnataka.
retired as Regional Advisor for Leprosy & other diseases targeted for Elimination/Eradication, World Health Organisation, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi and assisted the Member States to develop, sustain and strengthen effective programmes and services for selected communicable diseases
Prof. Dr K Shanmugavelayutham , retd. ( Loyola College ), Advocate (High Court ) with over thirty years of experience in health rights, health education and child rights.
Shri N Thiagarajan, M Sc., with thirty five years professional experience in health care & health education and training; retired as Administrative Officer ( North ) from Damien Foundation, India.
Shri Mahasiddha Mu Ma Se , (Vaasi Yoga) with over forty years
of experience in Alternative Medicine
Shri Kumaraguru Aanaiappan, Retd.
Defence Audit, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Shri S Saiteja, MBA, Project Manager, ACCENTURE
Shri Vivek Gandhi, M A ( Social Work ) , B. Com. , (Ph.D),
Loyola College, Senior Community Based Development Consultant;
with over thirty five years of experience in Health Care,
Social Equity, Social Audit.
Events
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Upcoming Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Awareness & Screening Camp | 21 Nov 2025 | Friday | Kanchi Silk Weavers Federation of Associations |
| Take Action : Say No To Tobacco | 10 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | Sai Infotech Private Limited, Valasarawakkam, Chennai |
| Joint consultation on challenges & opportunities in community based Cancer Care- Rural India | 11 Dec 2025 | Thursday | Don Bosco Citadel Road, Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Past Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Become A Champion: Fight Cancer | 14 Nov 2025 | Friday | Asha Nivas, 4th Street, Railway Colony, Aminjikarai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Contact
- 7/8, 4th Cross Street, Rajiv Nagar, Perungudi, Chennai - 600096,Tamil Nadu, India
- +91-8778673928
- shenbagam.cancercare@gmail.com
- Mon- Fri - 09:00-19:00
Donations are exempted under 80G (5) (VI), of Income Tax Act 1961 Registered with NGO Darpan under Niti Ayog, Government of India. SHENBAGAM CANCER CARE (In memory of Prof. Dr Udaya Mahadevan, Loyola College) Join the SHENBAGAM Movement to Fight Cancer : STAND UP . GET INVOLVED. FIGHT CANCER