Palliative Care
St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
http://www.stjohns.in/
Supported Since: 2011
Site Overview
St. John’s Medical College Hospital Bangalore is a tertiary care teaching hospital in the country. Established in 1963, the institution is a multi-specialty hospital and caters to the socioeconomically weaker section of society. Palliative Care was started as a unit of the Department of Anesthesia in 2000. It gained the departmental status in 2008. The outpatient department, day care, and home care facilities began when the department was inaugurated. The unit sees around 500 new cancer patients annually that require palliative care services.
Project Overview
The Jiv Daya Foundation and St. John’s Medical College collaboration began in March 2011. The MOU was executed during our first annual India Palliative Care Initiative (IPCI) meeting at AIIMS in New Delhi. In addition to the existing staff of three doctors and one nurse, Jiv Daya Foundation has agreed to fund the salaries of one doctor, one social worker, and one data manager. Through the Foundation’s assistance, St. John’s hopes to open an exclusive outpatient ward for Pain and Palliative Care.
Local Champ
Dr. Shoba Nair is the Head of the Department of Pain and Palliative Care at St. John’s Medical College. She received her MBBS from Kerala, MD from St. John's Medical College Bangalore, MRCP from Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, UK and MSc in Palliative care from Edith Cowan University, Australia.
