Overview

Palliative Care is a specialised medical care that focuses on relieving suffering and achieving the best possible quality of life for patients when they face serious illness. Care is provided by specially trained doctors, nurses and other specialists who work together with patients and their families to provide an extra layer of support. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a life limiting illness and can be provided along with curative treatment.

Who provides Palliative Care?

Specialist Doctors
Nurse Specialists
Physiotherapists
Dieticians
Counsellors

Our services

Outpatient clinic at GKNMH
Inpatient care at GKNMH & Raksha Hospice

Day care service at Raksha Hospice
Home visiting services

Specialities

How to access our services?

For advice on inpatient and outpatient Palliative care services at GKNMH & Raksha Hospice please contact us on 0422-4305254 or visit our clinic in the C block at GKNMH. For advice on Home Health Services please contact us on 0422-4305364 or visit our Home Health Services team in the B block (R.No B001) near ward 4 at GKNMH.

Treatment & Procedures

Improves Quality of Life

Palliative Care treats people, who are suffering from serious and chronic illnesses like

Cancer
Cardiac Diseases like Heart Failure
Chronic Lung Problems
Chronic Kidney Disease
Dementia and other Neurological Problems

Palliative Care focuses on symptoms such as

Pain
Shortness of Breath
Fatigue
Nausea
Vomiting
Loss of Appetite
Difficulty in Sleeping
Depression

It also helps you gain the strength to carry on with daily life. It helps you to have more control over your care by improving your understanding and choices of treatment.

Working Hours11:00 – 16:00

Testimonial

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Mrs. Geetha Mohan, Coimbatore
Cancer Surviver
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

Mrs. Geetha Mohan, Coimbatore
Cancer Surviver