Mangaluru, Feb 15: City based Yenepoya University and MediAcion Germany jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for training the nurses in palliative care.
A six months basic certificate course was inaugurated at Yenepoya Nursing college, Yenepoya University. The course coordinator and Principal, Yenepoya Nursing College, Dr Asha P Shetty welcomed the gathering.
Dr Jochen Becker-Ebel, CEO of MediAcion, Germany , gave an overview of the programme. In his address he stressed that, “palliative care is needed not only for terminally ill or aged client, there is a need for palliative care for care takers, relatives of the clients as well. Listening to the patient and being with the patient is much more than a new medicine can do at the end of life”
The Vice Chancellor of Yenepoya University, Dr. P Chandramohan who presided over the function, enlightened the gathering that health has been conceptualized by many ways consisting physical, mental , social and spiritual components.
Vineetha Jacob, Associate professor and Incharge of Department of Psychiatric Nursing proposed the vote of thanks.The Post Basic Certificate Course in Palliative Care Nursing, will have five days session for four times at Yenepoya Nursing College during the six months.
The delegates will have clinical experience in their own work set up. The resource persons for the course will be from MediAcion Germany, as well as those who have been trained as trainers as Palliative care Education.
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