Jammu, Dec 7: Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu has become first district hospital of North India which is now a registered Medical Centre for Palliative Care under CTC3 Program.
CTC3 program which was one-year training program for Palliative Care was conducted by Palliative Care Department of AIIMS New Delhi, APHN (Asian Pacific Hospice Network) Singapore and Lien Palliative Care collaborative UK.
The Palliative care staff of the Hospital was trained at AIIMS New Delhi. The staff included Dr Rohit Lahori (Interventional Pain and Palliative Care Specialist and Incharge of the Palliative Care unit in the Hospital) and two staff nurses.
It is pertinent to mention here that Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu is the first hospital in J&K to start Palliative Care Centre with dedicated 10 bedded ward and trained staff to provide these services under NPPC Program, with state of art infrastructure and daily OPD and IPD services.
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