Perspectives: Palliative Care Home Visit – Col. (Dr.) Nikahat Jahan, Secunderabad After serving twenty years as a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, I started training in the field of Palliative care. As a part of my training I, along with three of my colleagues, had the opportunity to join the palliative care team…
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Spreading the essence of empathy: an NGO experience in Patient Navigation – Dr. Anupama Mukherjee, Goa On a rainy evening, during a routine visit to the Medical Oncology ward at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Goa, we chanced upon a weak yet playful boy curled up at his bed by the window-side. The nurses…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 23 Lecture Date: 18th July, 2022 Topic: Topical Agents in palliative care practice Speaker: Dr Kesavaraj Moderator: Dr Gaurav Sharma The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are…
Read More‘Sri Satya Sai Palliative Care Centre’ inaugurated at Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, on 12th July, 2022 A new palliative care centre, Sri Satya Sai Palliative Care Centre, was inaugurated at Puttaparthi on Tuesday, 12th July, 2022, by the Collector, Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh. The centre is being set up by the Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society (PRPCS),…
Read MoreAravanaippu: The Rural Palliative Care Project – Dr. Harsha Singh, Coimbatore Aravanaippu is a home based palliative care initiative by the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. Aravanaippu was born in 2019, and began its services at Karadivavi, a small village near Coimbatore, which is the birthplace of Padma Bhushan Dr Sitra Srinivasan, Founder, Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. The…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 22 Lecture Date: 11th July, 2022 Topic: Opioid Pharmacogenomics Speaker: Dr Rabiya Razak Moderator: Dr Raghav Gupta The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested to drop…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 21 Lecture Date: 4th July, 2022 Topic: Drugs used in Palliative Sedation Speaker: Dr Adumala Aruna Moderator: Dr Gayatri Palat The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 20 Lecture Date: 27th June, 2022 Topic: Endocrine Drugs in Palliative Care Speaker: Dr. Susan Shekinah Moderator: Dr. Jenifer Jeba S The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions,…
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Newsletter: July 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, The IAPC extends its heartiest warm wishes to all the Palliative Care Doctors, on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day! To commemorate this day, the IAPC presents to you a compilation of the MD and DNB Doctors of Palliative Medicine from across India. We invite you to…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 19 Lecture Date: 20th June, 2022 Topic: Cannabinoids in Palliative Care Speaker: Dr. Bhawesh Pangaria Moderator: Dr. Karthik AR The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested…
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