In the first week of March, the World Health Organization’s Latvian Tuberculosis Research and Training Center organized training for doctors from Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan on the establishment of palliative care facilities for tuberculosis patients.
The course program included a lecture on the work of the chaplain and the importance of spiritual care in palliative care, when end-of-life questions become significant and a person’s spiritual searching intensifies.
This was the first time in Latvia that Muslim doctors and doctors of various Christian denominations agreed on the importance and necessity of spiritual care in the treatment of tuberculosis patients.
The lecture was given by healthcare chaplain Kristīne Vanaga.
In the photograph: Kristīne Vanaga
The Editorial Board