LIST OF SERVICES

• * 24 hour Free Medical Help Line for advice and consultation: 111-DOCTOR (362 867), 2260001, 2282058.

• 24 hour Home Delivery of Medicines (charged at actual pharmacy rates)

• 24 hours House-Call Doctor for medical emergencies and consultation.

• House-Call Paramedic day and night for injection, drips, blood pressure, blood sugar, stitching, wound management etc.

• 24 hour Home Collection of Samples for any Lab of the city and home delivery of reports (charged at actual lab rates-no extra charges)

• *Free Home Medical Safety advisory service.

• * “Health Card” for up to 20 % discount at quality medical facilities of the town.

• *Free Annual Health Assessment and general checkup at IHS Centre

• *”Health File System” to maintain your health records for future reference, analysis and advise.

• Provision of house hold medical equipment like first aid boxes, blood pressure apparatus, hospital bed, Wheel-chair, oxygen cylinder, glucometer, nebulizer etc, at nominal rent for use of patient.

• *Facilitation of appointments and hospital admissions.

• Free EPI Vaccinations and subsidized specialized vaccinations like Hepatitis, Typhoid, Chicken Pox, etc.

• Home Nursing Care for long term treatment, maintenance and palliative care for  terminally sick patients by our team of trained home care nurses and medical assistants.

• Physiotherapy at home by qualified physiotherapists.

IHS Home Care services can be utilized by any one in need by a simple telephone call at our 24 hour help line numbers

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 or you may opt for a regular member ship of the program and get priority care and avail special discounts besides all the services marked * completely free.

Special packages for the corporate sector are available on retainer-ship basis.

Long Term Home Nursing Care:

IHS provides trained nursing staff for long term duration for care of terminally sick or bed bound patients in the comfort of their home. Our care givers are compassionate and highly skilled professionals who listen to your needs. They are trained to manage physical, psychological and emotional barriers to recovery. They work for individuals' safety, welfare and best interests.

Staff is deputed on shift basis. IHS provides backup in case the care giver has to take a leave. Besides IHS also arranges for transportation needs of the duty nursing staff.

We recommend that that you should provide the following information to the IHS Home Care staff on duty about the family member for whom care is required :

There’s No Place Like Home—For Growing Old

“The stairs are getting so hard to climb.”
“Since my children went abroad I always scared what will happen if I suddenly fall sick at night?”
“I’ve lived here 40 years. No other place will seem like home.”

These are common concerns for older people. And, you may share an often-heard wish—“I want to stay in my own home!” and you may also like to get all the medical care you need in the comfort of your own room. The good news is that with our help you might be able to do just that. You can get almost any type of medical aid you want in your home from IHS through our passionate and caring home care staff.

Respiratory diseases are the number one killer among the population above 70 years of age. Proper and timely preventive and curative respiratory care can contribute a lot towards improving quality of life besides aiding longevity. Here are some tips to ensure that you get the greatest benefit from our respiratory home care:

Get Involved
It is important for you to exercise your rights as a patient. Ask questions to our physicians. If training is necessary to operate equipment like Nebulizers or Oxygen Cylinders, make sure that you get it from our staff.

Discuss all the options that are available to you regarding your care plan, renting versus buying equipment. Provide all the information that is requested about your family and home situation to help us plan for your care after you are discharged from the hospital.

Safety
Safety for you, your caregivers, and visitors is very important. If you have been prescribed oxygen therapy, you shouldn't smoke while using oxygen, and no one near you should smoke either. Put up no-smoking signs in your home where you will be using oxygen.

Because oxygen is flammable, you should stay at least five feet away from gas stoves, lighted fireplaces, candles, or any other open flame. Don't use flammable products like aerosol sprays or paint thinner. 

If you have a cylinder of oxygen, make sure it is in a stand or secured to something solid. The tank is heavy, and if it gets knocked over and damaged, the gas could escape, making the cylinder act like a rocket. If you have long tubing that lets you move about the house, warn visitors so they won't trip on it. 

Avoid extension cords and keep arrangement of back up generator in case of power failures if you the patient needs equipment like ventilator or oxygen concentrator.

Infection Control
Preventing infections can help the respiratory home care patient stay as healthy as possible. Hand-washing is the single most important thing for patients and caregivers to perform on a routine basis. Use a liquid soap and lots of warm running water. Work up a good lather and scrub for at least 15 seconds (including fingernails). Rinse well, with your hands pointed down to keep the dirty water from running up your arms. Dry your hands with a clean paper or cloth towel. Even if the caregiver wears gloves in caring for the patient, hand washing is required before putting the gloves on and after taking them off. 

Equipment Maintenance
Your respiratory care equipment should be cleaned on a regular basis. Besides washing with a mild detergent and rinsing carefully, it is necessary to sanitize your equipment in a vinegar solution of one part vinegar to three parts distilled water. Rinse carefully and let the parts air dry on a clean cloth or towel.

If you have an oxygen concentrator, it is necessary to clean the air filter and compressor filter on a scheduled basis. If you use a metered-dose inhaler or a nebulizer, the mouthpiece should be rinsed with warm water after each use and sanitized as directed by your health care provider.

These are only guidelines, and the specific directions for cleaning and sanitizing your home medical equipment should be part of the instructions you get from our health care provider.