# CanSupport

Source: https://onco.cc/institutions/cansupport-india/  
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## TL;DR

A Delhi charity that sends free palliative care teams to the homes of people with cancer, and runs a helpline and counselling, founded by survivor Harmala Gupta in 1996.

## Summary

Harmala Gupta founded CanSupport and registered it as a society in Delhi on 8 November 1996. In 1997 it ran a six-month pilot home care project with the Dr B. R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS, and it went on to build a home-based palliative care service.

CanSupport says it runs the largest home-based palliative care programme in India, with free home care, counselling and a helpline, and that WHO has recognised it with a Public Health Champion award. It became a registered medical institution with an oral morphine licence in 2005, developed guidelines for home-based palliative care in India at WHO's invitation, and has extended home care to Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: CanSupport Services
- City: New Delhi, IN
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://cansupport.org

## Sources

- CanSupport: history and legal profile: https://cansupport.org/
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- fronts: [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- technologies: [Early integrated palliative care](https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/)
- institutions: [All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi](https://onco.cc/institutions/aiims-delhi/), [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/)

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