State to help Himachal Pradesh adopt Kerala model of palliative care

The Kerala Health department will offer all support to Himachal Pradesh to implement the Kerala model of community-based palliative care in all Assembly constituencies in the north Indian State.

A team from Himachal Pradesh, including the Health Minister, Health Secretary and NHM Mission Director, had visited Kerala earlier to study the State’s palliative care model. They had visited Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam districts to study the delivery of palliative care services closely and had expressed their appreciation for the State’s universal palliative care delivery for all bed-ridden patients.

With Himachal Pradesh deciding to adopt the community-based palliative care model of Kerala, it had been decided to give training in palliative care delivery to 70 doctors and as many nurses

The first team consisting of 15 nurses and 15 doctors from Himachal Pradesh were given 10-days’ training in palliative care delivery. The course certificates were distributed by Health Minister Veena George at the conclusion of the training programme here on Wednesday

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajan Khobragade, State Nodal Officer for Palliative Care Mathew Numpeli, among others, were present.