A J Hospital launches Coastal Karnataka’s First comprehensive ‘Supportive & Palliative’ Care Unit
Mangaluru: Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of people facing the problems associated with life-limiting illness and supports their families. Life-limiting illnesses are like cancer, end-stage (renal, cardiac, liver, lung, neurological) and End of life care.
Dr Naveen Rudolf Rodrigues
Palliative medical care is provided by a trained Multidisciplinary Team headed by Dr. Naveen Rudolf Rodrigues, Palliative Care Physician, who has Palliative Medicine degree from IPM Kozhikode, Western Australia, United Kingdom and has more than 15 years of experience in the field of Palliative care.
OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF SERVICE are
- Provision of a holistic management.
- To prevent and minimize suffering by early identification, impeccable assessment and prompt intervention of physical, psycho-social and spiritual problems related to incurable progressive life-threatening conditions.
- To provide support to patients and family members.
- Provision of end of life care.
- To prevent unnecessary and futile interventions in order to allow a peaceful and dignified death.
- Coordination and provision of community palliative care network.
If you think, you or a loved one will benefit from palliative care, ask your doctor or hospital to direct and contact the Supportive & Palliative Care Provider at A J Hospital- call: 0824 222 5533
