{"id":168,"date":"2015-10-20T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/?p=168"},"modified":"2015-10-20T20:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:44:16","slug":"palliative-care-the-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/2015\/10\/palliative-care-the-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Palliative Care &#8211;  The New Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest challenge I faced was to figure out how to use what I learnt to help the patients and apply the knowledge in my practice.<\/p>\n<p>Sekgoma Memorial Hospital is blessed with a group of enthusiastic professionals who agreed to form the palliative care team . The Superintendent of the hospital and the Matrons were the first to support such a proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The team consists of<\/p>\n<p>Oncologist ,Nurses (2),Medical Social Worker, Home Based Care Nurse, Palliative Care Nurse, Medical Officer, Dietitian ,Pastor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We decided to conduct palliative\u00a0 care OPD every 1st and 3rd\u00a0Friday of every month where a comprehensive discussion is held with the patient and families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pall-team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-169\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pall-team-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pall team\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pall-team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/pallmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pall-team.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest challenge I faced was to figure out how to use what I learnt to help the patients and apply the knowledge in my practice. 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