Palliative care training programme for healthcare professionals in 14 States launched
The Hindu
Enhancing palliative care in India through training allied health professionals with support from Singapore International Volunteers.
The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and Pallium India have launched the Singapore-India: Palliative Care Accessibility Core Training (PACT) project to enhance the quality of palliative care services across India.
Around 30 PACT participants will be trained and mentored to share their knowledge on palliative care with their peers as well as with medical students. The project will involve healthcare professionals from 14 Indian States, and will cover both clinical and non-clinical aspects of palliative care.
Participants can take up a study trip to Singapore and be part of an online symposium. A multidisciplinary team of Singapore International Volunteers (SIVs), including geriatric, palliative medicine, music therapy, and adult education specialists, will run the programme. Ramaswamy Akhileswaran, senior palliative medicine consultant at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, will lead the programme.
Participants will learn to manage complex symptoms in palliative care; care for non-cancer patients with renal, respiratory, cardiac, and neurological conditions and will also learn advance care planning and communication skills for palliative and end-of-life care.
The project envisages supporting allied health professionals, including medical social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, music therapists, and pastoral care workers.
This, the fifth initiative of PACT and SIF was encouraged by successful projects in Indonesia and China. The project contributes to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3 - good health and wellbeing and SDG 17 - partnerships for sustainable development), a press release said.
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