SPARSH Hospital’s Geriatrics Department is equipped to diagnose, manage and treat elderly patients with simple and complex medical issues. We, at SPARSH, aim at providing overall geriatric treatment plants that are tailored to the need of each and every patient. These plans are designed to improve the quality of life of the patients.
A geriatrician is a physician who takes care of people above 60 years of age. A geriatrician knows and understands issues of the old-aged better as they have studied about it in detail.
Geriatricians give solutions for multiple issues. They analyse the drugs the elder have to take and take care of drug-to-drug interactions for them, as the number of medicines are more for older people. She helps to reduce the pill burden on patients.
Yes, even if you don’t have any problems, you need to check your sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol once a year if you are above 60 years. Consult a geriatrician once a year with these reports.