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Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor

Damning report from World Health Organisation confirms what professionals already know

Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor, damning report finds. Photo: Flickr user John Campbell (public domain)
A child lies dying of cancer in a hospital in Ingwavuma, a remote part of KwaZulu-Natal. Social worker Taryn Bell tries to organise morphine. Without success. The baby dies screaming in pain.
A World Health Organisation (WHO) audit of cancer services in South Africa’s public health system in May found that South Africa is failing to provide adequate palliative care. The audit, known as an imPACT Review, is yet-to-be-published.
Children are the most neglected population when it comes to palliative care. More than 800,000 children each year in South Africa have life limiting illnesses, according to research carried…

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