Thursday, August 16, 2007

Army hospitals to handle AIDS more humanely

By IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, Aug 16 - The doctors and nursing staff of army hospitals need to handle patients suffering from Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - more sensitively and with a human face, Lt. Gen J. Jayaram, director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services - said Thursday.

He said the armed forces hospitals are taking help from National AIDS Control Organisation -, several NGOs and the Army Wives Welfare Association - in handling the health menace.

Maj. Gen. Shashi Bala, additional director general of the Military Nursing Service -, said that all hospitals need 'a human approach for the management of patients with HIV/AIDS'.

She also appealed to the nursing community of the armed forces 'to become fluent in the language of AIDS and handle patients with extreme sensitivity'read more

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