Dr. Manisha Singh helps us understand more about Palliative Care.

There is no end to cure when there is no end to care. This is Palliative Care. Palliative Care doesn't help one die peacefully but enables him or her live until the last breath. Although it may include end-of-life care, palliative care is much broader making one live better, happier, and longer. It is about being comfortable for the duration of something necessary and painful, making bad times easier. The goal of palliative care is to provide relief from the symptoms, and stress of a serious illness- whatever the diagnosis.
Palliative care is a very special part of the healthcare service delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated professionals. The goal is to improve the quality of life of patients and their families by identifying and treating the whole person, physically, psychologically, spiritually and socially. It is therefore a holistic approach, which aims to give patients and their families the very best quality of life. But how does it benefit cancer patients? Can it prolong their lives and provide those fighting a way to live without pain and suffering?
Dr. Manisha Singh, a palliative care physician, and our guest speaker explains mor in details about it. She is presently working as Consultant, Palliative Medicine, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Seeb, Oman. A specialist trained in oncoanesthesia and palliative care from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Indo American Cancer Association, and Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Dr. Manisha has more than 20 years of expertise in palliative care and pain management.
She has been a lead trainer actively involved in training doctors and nurses in 'Medical use of essential narcotic drugs." Dr. Manisha is also the state trainer for doctors under the National Program for Palliative Care and also for the National Program for Palliative and Geriatric Care run by the Ministry of Health, Government of India. She is a life member of various organizations like the International Association of Hospice and Palliative care (IAHPC), the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) and the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists. Dr. Manisha also ran an NGO Atmaj in Ahmedabad helping cancer patients get free palliative care that helped countless people across India.