PSG Hospitals has launched PSG Santham – a dedicated Palliative and Hospice care services, on Saturday (Oct 9) which is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day.
It was launched by L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing Trustee, PSG Institutions in the presence of Kezevino Aram, President, Shanthi Ashram, Dr. Smriti Rana, Director – Programs, Pallum India, Trivandrum, Dr. Balaji, Managing Trustee, Coimbatore Cancer Foundation, Dr. J.S.Bhuvaneswaran, Director, PSG Super Speciality Hospital and other guests.
NIH, US defines Palliative care as a specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in palliative care may receive medical care for their symptoms, or palliative care, along with treatment intended to cure their serious illness. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person’s current care by focusing on quality of life for them and their family.
Like palliative care, hospice provides comprehensive comfort care as well as support for the family, but, in hospice, attempts to cure the person’s illness are stopped. Hospice is provided for a person with a terminal illness whose doctor believes he or she has six months or less to live if the illness runs its natural course.
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