International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Ajisha B. S. & Ms. Shiji V. O. (in alphabetical order) Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi Ms Ajisha, is a palliative care nurse at the Department of Palliative Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. On completion of her graduation, she completed a six weeks residential…
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International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Anjali & Ms. Jayanti (in alphabetical order) Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust, Bhubaneshwar < Back Ms Jayanti and Ms Anjali, have been associated with the Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Center, for the past two years. They are always present for the patients, even when the doctor…
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International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Archana Rani, Ms. Manju Lata Toppo & Ms. Verity Kharbudon (in alphabetical order) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur Ms Archana Rani is an Oncology nurse who transformed into a palliative care nursing officer at AIIMS Raipur. She is a trained pain and palliative…
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International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Subadra O. Soul Palliative Care Team, Chennai < Back Ms Subadra was trained in Palliative Care in 2015. Since then, she joined the founders of Soul Palliative Care to deliver palliative care to the suffering patients in Tamil Nadu. When Soul Palliative Care was registered as…
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Newsletter: May 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Adversities are a part of one’s life. The human race is designed to overcome these adversities to co-exist and move forward. I feel that choosing the empathetic path, will make one feel more content and resilient to travel through this arduous journey. The heat wave in some…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 11 Lecture Date: 25th April, 2022 Topic: Adjuvant Analgesics 2 Speaker: Dr. Varun Yadav Moderator: Dr. Ravi Umrania 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…
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Beholden to the humble beginning of Palliative Care in India – Dr. Bidhu K. Mohanti, Bhubaneshwar Oral morphine solution Looking back to make a sense of the Palliative Care community and its activities, can give us all the essence of ownership and agency. At a professional level, to quote from an earlier published article, “In…
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Palliative Care for patients and families living with Hemophilia – Dr. Avinash Tiwari and Dr. Prasad Dange, Raipur Inherited bleeding disorders represent a rare but a challenging area which requires a multi-disciplinary team approach to provide comprehensive patient care. Hemophilia is one such disorder in which Hemophilia A is one of the commonest bleeding disorders…
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An unnoticed collateral damage – Dr. Spandana Rayala, Hyderabad Palliative care is probably the only branch of medicine which includes family members, immediate and extended, in the context of delivering holistic care for a patient. As the science of medicine progressed and health care became more institution centric, the existence of families and it’s dynamics…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 10 Lecture Date: 18th April, 2022 Topic: Adjuvant Analgesics 1 (Adjuvants used in neuropathic pain) Speaker: Dr. Krishnapriya V. Moderator: Dr. Saurabh Vig 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…
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