‘Care companion programme’ scheme launched in Punjab
Friday, 28/07/2017
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Chandigarh : State Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra on Thursday launched the department’s flagship health scheme “Care Companion Programme” (CCP) targeted at improving patient outcomes through better family engagement and education.
Disclosing this, Mohindra said that Department of Health and Family Welfare has entered into an MoU, with Noora Health India Trust, a healthcare non-profit organisation dedicated to patient and caregiver education that works to improve patient outcomes through better family engagement and education through the award winning Care Companion Programme (CCP).
He said that this innovative programme turns hospital hallways/wards into classrooms and taps into the most compassionate and willing resource available for care ie the patient’s own family, by teaching the family high-impact medical skills to take care of their loved ones in the hospital and at home.
The Minister said that the Care Companion Programme will be initially implemented in Maternal and Child Health wings of six district hospitals in Punjab, namely Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Sangrur, Tarn Taran, and shall, be rolled out to additional public health facilities in the state in the near future. Noora Health will be the Technical Partners to implement the program in the state.
Mohindra further said that staff nurses from all the six hospitals are trained on how to engage and teach patients and caregivers in the wards.
