Mumbai: The BMC will quickly begin India’s first palliative care ward for tuberculosis sufferers at its hospital in Sewri. Palliative care is taken into account a vital part within the international technique in opposition to TB however was so far lacking in India, a senior well being official mentioned.
Sources knowledgeable the FPJ that the ward shall be housed within the new constructing and can have an equal variety of beds for each women and men. The official added that they’re finalising the rules for eligibility.
Renowned pulmonologist and epidemiologist Dr Lancelot Pinto, PD Hinduja Hospital-Mahim, mentioned palliative care throughout all disciplines in medication is at all times a good suggestion, particularly in ailments that go away sufferers “with a lot of disability and scarring”.
He mentioned, “In India, we often see TB patients in an advanced stage, needing palliative care. The treatment is not just about curing or killing bacteria, but also taking care of symptoms like breathlessness.” He, nonetheless, clarified that palliative care doesn’t imply end-of-life.
Pinto mentioned palliative care is useful when TB is recognized late and docs know that the affected person’s lungs aren’t going to heal and are badly scarred.
Lauding the BMC’s plan, public well being specialist and convenor of Survivors Against TB, , Chapal Mehra, mentioned such a centre is the necessity of the hour in a metropolis like Mumbai the place the TB burden may be very excessive.
Sewri TB Hospital, which is formally referred to as Group of TB Hospitals, is Asia’s largest TB hospital. It was inaugurated in 1942 and has 1,000 beds. At any given level, it has greater than 800-bed occupancy; 240 beds are reserved for multi-drug resistant TB sufferers.
New TB circumstances in Mumbai have reached pre-pandemic ranges for the second consecutive 12 months, with 63,644 new circumstances recorded in 2023. The enhance is attributed to raised search and diagnostics efforts by well being officers.
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