OUR PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER HAS A CAPACITY OF 15 BEDS AND IS REGISTERED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH SGK (SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION).
PALLIATIVE CARE; It is a specialized unit that provides services to patients of all age groups with chronic, progressive or advanced stage diseases, whose daily living activities are restricted and who need qualified care, by a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
OUR MAIN GOAL; Is not to completely cure the disease, but to increase the patient's comfort by relieving pain, shortness of breath, and nutritional difficulties; and to reduce anxiety, provide all necessary medical care, and support the patient and their relatives.
IN OUR CENTER; Anesthesia and Intensive Care Professor
Under its responsibility, a multidisciplinary approach is provided with an anesthesiologist, a ward physician, and a large team (Nurse, Dietitian, Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Social Worker, and relevant specialist physician consultations). Each patient room is individually prepared and includes an air mattress, a patient bed suitable for positioning, a bedside oxygen and vacuum system, TV, bathroom and toilet, and is arranged in a way that allows companions to stay in a home-like comfort. Which patients do we accept at our Palliative Care Center? Patients with one or more causes AS;
- THOSE WHO NEED ENTERAL (Nasogastric tube, PEG-Stomach tube) or PARENTERAL (Intravenous) NUTRITION,
- THOSE WHO NEED RESPIRATORY SUPPORT, THOSE WHO CAN HEAR (SUCH AS THOSE USING CPAP-BIPAP-HOME RESPIRATORY DEVICES)
- THOSE WITH BEDSORES (PRESSURE SORES)
- THOSE WITH OSTOMIES (TRACHEOSTOMY, COLOSTOMY, GASTROSTOMY, ILEOSTOMY, ETC.)
- CATHETERS (DIALYSIS CATHETER, CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER, SHUNT CATHETER, PAIN PORT AND CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS PLEURAL CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS BLADDER CATHETER, ETC.) PATIENTS WHO HAVE AND EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS RELATED TO CATHETERS, SUCH AS:
WHEN WE EVALUATE ACCORDING TO DISEASES;
- SOME PATIENTS WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS (ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND NEED CARE AND SUPPORT TREATMENT)
- THOSE WHO NEED CARE AND SUPPORT TREATMENT AFTER A STROKE
- SOME PATIENTS WITH ALS (AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS), MS (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS), ALZHEIMER'S, DEMENTIA AND PARKINSON'S DIAGNOSES PATIENTS
- THOSE WHO NEED PEG (PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY - Stomach Tube) OR PARENTERAL (INVESTIGATORY) FEEDING SUPPORT
- THOSE USING CPAP/BIPAP OR HOME RESPIRATORY DEVICES
- SOME PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS COPD, ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
- SOME PATIENTS AFTER MULTIPLE TRAUMA, ETC. MAY NEED PALLIATIVE CARE DUE TO THESE REASONS.
NOTE: PATIENTS SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY THE RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN AFTERWARDS. HE/SHE IS BEING ADMITTED TO A PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER.