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Bad Death Or Good Death: End-of-life Care In India

Forty-two years ago, a nurse working at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital was thrown into a permanently vegetative state because of a sexual assault. She survived in that state for just over four decades, then died naturally. The Aruna Shanbaug case brought to light the limits of the lawas related to end-of-life care, which are really at aembryonic stage in India. Our courts did give guidelines differentiating between active and passive euthanasia, holding the latter to be legally permissible. This was challenged in the case of Common Cause versus Union of India, which held that the decision on Shanbaug was based on a wrong interpretation of the Gian Kaur case, in which a constitution bench had held that right to life did not include the right to die. What it really boils down to is this: How do we determine death? In order to legislate on end-of-life, the essential question that needs to be answered is – when can a person be considered dead? Is it when the heart stops f...

Nursing At Its Best With India Home Health Care (IHHC)

India Home Health Care (IHHC) is one of the leading providers of Patient Care Services and Certified Nursing Attendants in Chennai and Bangalore . IHHC ensures 24/7 nursing care support at home. Certified nurses have been an integral part of IHHC over the years. IHHC believes its healthcare professionals to be its greatest asset. It has dedicated itself to providing all the educational and training resources it`s certified nursing attendants require, to perform at their best. All nursing staff at IHHC receives industry-leading, ongoing training to advance their clinical management skills. IHHC is one of the first home healthcare service providers to utilize a simulation training laboratory, allowing its professionals to gain hands-on experience, and practice high-tech and complex care skills. Training curriculum and other specialty practices build confidence, ensuring that it’s nursing staff, confidently and expertly, deliver quality care at home. The experience and experti...

Caregiving with India Home Health Care (IHHC)

India Home Health Care (IHHC), a leader in home healthcare services, is dedicated to providing the highest quality of home care to those it serves. IHHC achieves exceptional results because of the skill and dedication of its  patient caretakers  who have demonstrated an impressive ability to deliver great patient care.  There has been a shift in long-term care from institutional settings like nursing facilities to people ageing in their own homes and communities. This change is likely to continue as the population ages. A large number of patients require caretaker services and professional medical services when they return home after surgery or a serious illness. IHHC, a provider of  patient care services in Bangalore  and Chennai offer a broad range of care and support services for individuals recovering from a hospital stay, the disabled, the chronically or terminally ill. Keeping patients at home is an important goal of a professional caretaker. Patient...