Services Available at DRMC

Pain management

Unrelieved pain can lead to multiple problems like loss of mobility, loss of appetite, loss of sleep, poor respiratory effort and depression. Assessment of pain, its prevention and relief are most important. Patients and their caretakers are taught how to prevent pain by modifying the dose of pain killers, using the Universal Pain Assessment Tool. 0-10 scale is used to describe the intensity of pain as under:-  

0  No Pain  |  1-2  Mild Pain  |   3-4  Moderate Pain   |   5-6 Severe Pain  |   7-8  Very Severe Pain     |    9-10  Worst Pain possible.  (Fig-1)

Oral Medicines are prescribed to relieve pain and patients are requested to come for follow up in the Pain clinic to adjust their dose of oral medicines. In case oral medicines do not work, injectable medicine and nerve blocks are also used.

Palliative surgical Procedures 

• Tracheostomy
• Gastrostomy    
• Feeding Jejunostomy   
• Colostomy                                          
• Suprapubic Catheterization     
• Percutaneous Nephrostomy   
• Toilet Mastectomy   
• Intercostal Drainage    
• External Carotid Artery Ligation etc.
• Managing pathological fractures

Palliative Medical Procedures

• Pleural, Ascetic and Pericardial Tapping     
• Ryles tube insertion   
• Catheterization

Palliative Radiation Therapy

Radiation is given to relieve pain and pressure symptoms to prevent paralysis, also may help in controlling bleeding

Medical and Nursing Care

• Treating infections with antibiotics         
• Blood transfusions              
• I/V fluids        
• Compassionate Nursing Care     
• Assisted Feeding    
• Colostomy Care    
• Psychosocial Counselling

Physiotherapy & Rehablitation 

Emotional and spiritual upliftment

• Yoga and Meditation      
• Satsang and Spiritual discourses
• Music and Reading of Scriptures   

              Teaching and training in palliative care 

              Emotional and spiritual upliftment

• For Doctors and Nurses       
• For  Family Members and Volunteers