What is missing
Quite a number of the patients who come to us are the in the geriatric age group. The lady about whom I wrote earlier, her issue on further reflection and questioning was, one of comfort than cure. The family was quite keen to explore options for cure, but what she was asking was for comfort and care. The health care systems they have been to, including ours is not built for comfort or care, but for cure. Comfort for an elderly is, the family around, people to care for her and basic amenities taken care of. She was not sure, once she goes home if she will get the comfort she was experiencing to some extend, in the palliative care ward where she was. But even what was being provided was not enough. Institutions do not allow family to be around to provide care and comfort in a hospital context. We want less disturbance to do the curing. We want all the relatives (other than may be one) out during rounds and nursing care. This is best provided at home, but will Medical care be possible i