DilSe – Life-Saving Equipment Support Program
DilSe – Life-Saving Equipment Support Program
DilSe (“From the Heart”) provides free life-saving medical equipment to those who cannot afford them. Started in 2015, it arose from patients unable to leave hospitals without support. Today, DilSe helps them heal with dignity at home.
DilSe (“From the Heart”) provides free life-saving medical equipment to those who cannot afford them. Started in 2015, it arose from patients unable to leave hospitals without support. Today, DilSe helps them heal with dignity at home.
Introduction
Introduction
DilSe (meaning “From the Heart”) is a unique and deeply compassionate program by Helping Hands Charitable Trust that provides free life-saving medical equipment to patients who cannot afford them. Launched in 2015, it began as a response to a painful reality — patients, especially in public hospitals, were refusing discharge because they lacked the equipment needed to survive at home.
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Why we started
Why we started
Launched to address the lack of essential home-care equipment for recovering patients, helping them go home sooner and live with dignity.
Launched to address the lack of essential home-care equipment for recovering patients, helping them go home sooner and live with dignity.
A Common Concern
Doctors at Calicut Medical College noticed that many patients, though ready for discharge, stayed longer in wards — not for medicine, but for equipment like oxygen concentrators or suction machines.
"This delay meant blocked ICU beds, prolonged hospital stays, and greater emotional trauma for patients and families."
The Solution: DilSe
We began with a few donated oxygen concentrators. Today, DilSe is a growing bank of essential home-care medical equipment, enabling patients to breathe, recover, and live with dignity.
Families undergoing long treatments often face unsafe stays and emotional strain.
Sleeping in unsafe, unhygienic areas near hospitals
Daily infection risk from public transport
Skipping meals and poor nutrition
Mental and emotional distress
"That’s when we realized: a clean room, hot food, and a helping hand could mean the difference between healing and giving up."
The Solution: Care Home
Care Home was born as a door to compassion, offering a safe, clean, and caring residential environment that supports recovery, prevents complications, and eases emotional burden.
To provide life-saving and life-supportive medical equipment free of cost to patients who cannot afford them — enabling timely discharge, continued recovery at home, and better hospital resource efficiency.
To provide life-saving and life-supportive medical equipment free of cost to patients who cannot afford them — enabling timely discharge, continued recovery at home, and better hospital resource efficiency.
To provide life-saving and life-supportive medical equipment free of cost to patients who cannot afford them — enabling timely discharge, continued recovery at home, and better hospital resource efficiency.
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Impact on Dilse
Impact on Dilse
The Care Home Program by Helping Hands Charitable Trust, launched in 2019, provides free, hygienic, and compassionate accommodation to poor patients
The Care Home Program by Helping Hands Charitable Trust, launched in 2019, provides free, hygienic, and compassionate accommodation to poor patients
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Sleep in unsafe and unhygienic conditions near hospitals
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Face food insecurity and malnutrition during treatment
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Suffer from loss of wages for both patients and caregivers
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Lack access to clean water and sanitation facilities
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Suffer from loss of wages for both patients and caregivers
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Lack access to clean water and sanitation facilities
Impact on Dilse
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Program Started: 2015
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Equipment Bank Value: ₹2 Crores+
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Patients Supported: 1,200+ received essential home-care equipment
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Breathing support, hospital beds & mattresses, and mobility aids — including wheelchairs, walkers, and crutches.
How it works
How it works
It provides a safe, clean, and caring residential environment that supports recovery, prevents complications, and relieves emotional burden.
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STEP 3
Referral & Verification
Patients are referred by medical professionals; our team verifies medical need and financial hardship.
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
Referral & Verification
Patients are referred by medical professionals; our team verifies medical need and financial hardship.
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
Referral & Verification
Patients are referred by medical professionals; our team verifies medical need and financial hardship.
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
My father couldn’t be discharged because we couldn’t afford a suction machine. DilSe gave us one within hours — we brought him home with peace
Naseema
Caregiver
After my stroke, I needed an oxygen machine. We were lost until DilSe stepped in. They didn’t ask for anything. Just gave
Subair
Patient
Gallery
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Lastest blog posts
Lastest blog posts
DiLSE
What Is an Oxygen Concentrator — and Why So Many Patients Need One at Home
What Is an Oxygen Concentrator — and Why So Many Patients Need One at Home
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DiLSE
More Than a Machine: What It Means to Receive Help DiL SE (From the Heart)
More Than a Machine: What It Means to Receive Help DiL SE (From the Heart)
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DiLSE
Healing at Home: Why Recovery Doesn’t End at Discharge
Healing at Home: Why Recovery Doesn’t End at Discharge
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DiLSE
Why Patients Delay Hospital Discharge: The Equipment Gap You Don’t See
Why Patients Delay Hospital Discharge: The Equipment Gap You Don’t See
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Apply for stay at Care Home
Apply for stay at Care Home
Who can apply?
Discharged patients in need of temporary life-supportive equipment Must be referred by a government doctor, palliative care team, or social worker
What you’ll need
Patient ID / Case Sheet
Doctor’s Referral Letter
Contact & Location Information
Duration of Equipment Need
Apply for Equipment
Support a patient
₹3,000 → Nebulizer + Crutch Kit
₹3,000 → Nebulizer + Crutch Kit
₹8,000 → Suction Machine
₹8,000 → Suction Machine
₹15,000 → Oxygen Concentrator
₹15,000 → Oxygen Concentrator
₹25,000 → Full Discharge Kit
₹25,000 → Full Discharge Kit
Other Ways to Help
Organize a camp in your college or community
Donate hygiene kits, groceries, bed linen
Volunteer in food service, mental wellness, or logistics
Why It Matters
A single call can mean the difference between life and loss. BDC is not just a contact number — it’s a people-powered lifeline built on compassion and connection.
Why it matters
For poor patients, DilSe provides timely equipment so they can recover at home, free up hospital beds, and retain dignity.
Other ways to help
Donate gently used equipment
Volunteer for delivery, training, or collection
Volunteer in food service, mental wellness, or logistics
Sponsor storage or logistics
