Mangaluru: Keeping in mind the need for palliative care for elderly, the district Wenlock hospital will soon have a 30-bed palliative care ward, said Dr Ramakrishna Rao, District Health Officer, inaugurating The Palliative Care Certificate Course in Geriatrics at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru.
The course Director is Dr Jochen Becker, MD, MediAcion, Germany.
Dr Sudhakar Nayak, an accomplished palliative care expert conducted the inaugural session to an enthusiastic batch of medical students.
Dr Jochen Becker conducted the course using effective psychodrama technique where breaking bad news is made comfortable to both, the doctor and the patients.
Dr Prabha Adhikari, Dr Gayathri Bhat, Dr Anant Rao, conducted various other aspects of the course.
The palliative care course was formally inaugurated by lighting the Lamp.
