44 min
6. COVID & Palliative Care BTF Podcast
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- Medicine
Have you ever heard a doctor say to a grieving family member, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing more that we can do?”. It’s usually in the context of someone who is terminally ill and death is around the corner.
My next guest on Behind the Frontline podcast seeks to remove this saying from medicine. Because in medicine, there’s always something that can be done. And while it may be true that someone who is terminally ill may not recover from their illness, palliative care – which is the specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness – offers much more to a person than just medication. Palliative care is about treating people and their families holistically, it’s about empowering them to make informed decisions, it’s about restoring dignity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to comes to terms with the death of close family and friends members. On the previous podcast about COVID & mental health, we heard how one person lost 16 people to COVID.
What are the implications for palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic? What can we learn from it moving forward? What are the great innovations created during this time?
These are the questions I will put to my next guest, Dr Clint Cupido. Dr Cupdio is an experienced specialist internal medicine physician at Victoria Hospital in Cape Town. He has a keen interest in palliative care and runs the palliative care unit at the hospital - affectionately called 'Abundant Life'.
The work Dr Cupido does to improve restore the dignity of our seriously ill in our community is inspiring.
Dr Cupido, is changing the world.
Please remember to rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts. I look forward to your comments and reviews and you are welcome to send me a voice note using the links below to be featured in future episodes.
Together, let's figure out how to change the world.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btf-podcast4/message
Have you ever heard a doctor say to a grieving family member, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing more that we can do?”. It’s usually in the context of someone who is terminally ill and death is around the corner.
My next guest on Behind the Frontline podcast seeks to remove this saying from medicine. Because in medicine, there’s always something that can be done. And while it may be true that someone who is terminally ill may not recover from their illness, palliative care – which is the specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness – offers much more to a person than just medication. Palliative care is about treating people and their families holistically, it’s about empowering them to make informed decisions, it’s about restoring dignity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to comes to terms with the death of close family and friends members. On the previous podcast about COVID & mental health, we heard how one person lost 16 people to COVID.
What are the implications for palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic? What can we learn from it moving forward? What are the great innovations created during this time?
These are the questions I will put to my next guest, Dr Clint Cupido. Dr Cupdio is an experienced specialist internal medicine physician at Victoria Hospital in Cape Town. He has a keen interest in palliative care and runs the palliative care unit at the hospital - affectionately called 'Abundant Life'.
The work Dr Cupido does to improve restore the dignity of our seriously ill in our community is inspiring.
Dr Cupido, is changing the world.
Please remember to rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts. I look forward to your comments and reviews and you are welcome to send me a voice note using the links below to be featured in future episodes.
Together, let's figure out how to change the world.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btf-podcast4/message
44 min