Pain And Palliative Medicine
2 Doctors
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The department of pain and palliative medicine at Amrita Hospital focuses on the active total care of the person suffering from advanced and non-responsive diseases as well as their families. It is concerned with quality of life and addresses physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of suffering. The department seeks to provide total care for people suffering from cancer and chronic non-cancerous ailments.
Utilising a team of committed palliative care physicians, nurses, social workers and office staff, we aim at improving quality of life with the available resources. We treat the person as a whole and not just the disease.We provide care to patients with:
Dedicated Multidisciplinary Team: Our team of compassionate palliative care physicians, nurses, social workers, and office staff collaborates to improve the quality of life for our patients. We treat individuals, emphasizing personalized care beyond the disease itself.
Comprehensive Services: Whether dealing with cancer-related pain, chronic pain, lymphoedema, or advanced debilitating diseases, we offer a range of services to manage symptoms effectively. Our commitment extends to providing end-of-life care, ensuring a peaceful transition for patients of all specialties.
Home Care with a Difference: Our innovative home care program delivers active total care to patients and their families, enhancing their quality of life within the comfort of their homes.
Expertise in Lymphoedema Care: Our specially trained palliative care nurses excel in providing tailored care for lymphoedema, a condition that can significantly impact patients both physically and emotionally.
Advanced Interventional Pain Management: Our department excels in high-tech interventions for pain relief. From nerve blocks to epidural neurolysis, we employ a range of techniques to manage pain effectively, ensuring personalized and cutting-edge solutions for our patients.
We are committed in providing comprehensive care for individuals facing advanced and non-responsive diseases, ensuring their holistic well-being along with support for their families. We focus on enhancing the quality of life by addressing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of suffering. Our services encompass outpatient care, in-patient services, home care, and interventional pain management.
In-Patient Care
Home Care
The very word ‘home care’ signifies the active total care provided at home to the patients and their families, who cannot approach the hospital for their treatment. Home care service is provided free of cost to all the deserving patients. Objectives are:
The concept of home care was adopted by Amrita Hospital in January 2001. It is provided for deserving patients who reside within a radial distance of forty kilometres from the hospital.
Minor procedures like ascitic tapping, urinary catheterization and bladder wash, wound debridement, nasogastric intubation, enemas and rectal evacuation, sponge bath, skin care, mouth care, bowel care, tracheostomy care, intravenous and subcutaneous infusions and injections, bedsore management, lymphoedema management, trigger point injections, etc. are done by the team at home.
Beneficiaries
Those patients who require care at home and those who cannot travel, which includes both cancer and non-cancer patients (mainly geriatric patients).
Lymphoedema is a notoriously debilitating progressive condition with no known cure. Worldwide, 140-250 million cases of lymphoedema are estimated to exist, with filariasis being the most common cause. Kerala has a high incidence. Because lymphoedema is disfiguring and sometimes painful and disabling, it can create mental, physical, and sexual problems.
We have specially trained palliative care nurses to provide patient tailored lymphoedema care. The majority of patients can be treated successfully with conservative measures.
Interventional Pain Management
The majority of pain types can be managed with pain medicines alone. A minority of pain cases may require hi-tech interventions for which this department is well equipped and is a leader in such services in the country. The interventions available for pain relief include:
Post-Operative Pain Relief
This concept has been introduced in this institution with the objective of providing a pain free surgical experience to our patients. This venture is in line with the goal of achieving a ‘Pain Free Hospital’ status for this institution by 2020.
We work in partnership with surgical departments for the management of postoperative pain. Post operatively the patient stays pain free, comfortable and satisfied with the overall hospital experience.
Additionally
At Amrita Hospital, Kochi we believe in fostering a compassionate and patient-centric approach to healthcare. We treat the individual, not just the disease, providing comprehensive care that considers physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being. We empower families by involving them actively in the care of their loved ones, providing education and support to enhance their self-reliance and confidence.
IAPC Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care
Duration –8 weeks
Eligibility- Nurses with Diploma in Nursing/ BSc Nursing/MBBS