The need for palliative care services in the State of Kuwait, as in other countries, keeps growing because of increased life expectancy, increasing numbers of elderly, the increased incidence of cancer and the expansion of scope of palliative care to include cancer patients in the early stages and also to include other non-malignant diseases.
In light of this increase, and because of the need for this service and as part of the efforts of the Ministry of Health for the development of palliative care in the State of Kuwait, the third ward in PCC has been inaugurated on 6/12/2013.