Considering the need of time, place and people, Daksha Javeri, Head of Social Service Department along with two other Medico Social Workers have started HIV/AIDS counselling to the patients and their relatives.

HIV counselling involves the counsellors to help the patient talk about his/her feelings and to explore areas that are not easily spoken about. It means speaking with each client about death and dying, drinking/drug habits, speaking with some about prostitution, homophobia, abortion, lack of medical resources, cultural values, and religious and spiritual beliefs, and it means grappling with such issues as racism, sexism, injustice, poverty, children's and women's rights. Most of these topics evoke intense emotions for those discussing them.

It is the goal of counsellor to offer pre and post test counselling and partner notification, that promotes medical management, risk reduction and personal responsibility, that is consistent with the Social Service Department of KEM Hospital.

• Develop a capacity to handle the myriad of feeling that are evoked, by providing counselling related to dying, death, terminal illness, and other potential losses.
• Develop the necessary knowledge base in HIV infection and AIDS.
• Appropriate follow up.
• HIV/AIDS awareness lectures to the nursing and labour staff of wards of KEM Hospital.
• Educational group work services are started for motivating patients relatives for Blood donation.
• Educational cum therapeutic group work services started for the O.P.D. patients of hypertension; and Inpatient's of Burns Unit of the Hospital, and many more.
• Inservice training to the M.S.W.s of Social Service department with a view to update knowledge pertaining to Health related issues.