Int’l Documentary produced on Pain & Palliative Care Services in Govt Hospital Gandhi Nagar  

JAMMU, June 26: An International documentary on treatment of Palliative Care Services being provided in Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar was produced by a team of LIEN Foundation (Lien Centre for Palliative Care) & APHN (Asian Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network) Singapore.

  Michelle Chua- Executive Producer LIEN Foundation (Lien Centre for Palliative Care) & APHN (Asian Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network) Singapore and her team of 3 other members shoot the documentary. The team is part of a BBC initiative launched on the directions of HOD Onco-Anaesthesia, Pain & Palliative Care AIIMS New Delhi Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar.

The Documentary will be telecasted globally in six episodes of thirty minutes each. Photo shoot of other parts of the hospital was also done. Team accompanied by Director Health Services Jammu Dr. Rajeev Kumar Sharma and Medical Superintendent Govt. Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu Dr. Parveen Yograj interacted with the patients admitted in Palliative Care ward of Govt. Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu.

An interactive and introductory session was also organised by Interventional Pain And Palliative Care Specialist and Nodal Officer National Programme for Palliative Care Dr. Rohit Lahori who presented the achievements of the Palliative Care Department of Govt Hospital Gandhi Nagar and other hospitals of Jammu Division.

The visiting team also visited far-flung areas of Jammu division and met the patients and their caregivers at home. They enquired about the Pain and Palliative care services provided to them and the availability of Opioids for the management of pain associated with the terminal disease. This was part of the documentary of LIEN. It is pertinent to mention that Govt. Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu was the first hospital in J&K to start Palliative Care services and is the only District Hospital in Northern India to be selected as the centre for ICMR Project (Hand holding for Palliative Care) among top ten Premier Hospitals of Northern India.