IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 18 Topic: Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonism Date: November 22, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Amelia Sahana Michael More Online Training Program videos…
Read MoreIAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 17 Topic: Neuromuscular Disorders Date: November 15, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Vikram Pratap singh More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY…
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Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation’s 3rd Anniversary Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation (GB) celebrated its 3rd anniversary of service on November 14th, 2021, at Welcom Hotel, Chennai. Special guests for the occasion were: Prof. Dr. S. Elilarasi (Director & Professor, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore), Mr. S. Santhanakrishnan (Founder &…
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Newsletter: December 2021 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, I would like to thank the IAPC members for actively participating in the Indian Association of Palliative Care’s first Online Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM), held on Friday, 12th November, 2021. The COVID 19 pandemic and the challenges imposed by it forced us to adopt…
Read MoreIAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 16 Topic: Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Research in Palliative Medicine Date: November 8, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Fiona Rawlinson and Dr.…
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Once a Volunteer, always a volunteer! – Mr. Akhil Valsarajan and Ms. Padmaja P. Gopi, Thrissur “Listen with ears of tolerance,see through the eyes of compassion,speak with the language of love.”– Rumi. This message from Rumi resonates with every volunteer at the Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), Thrissur. Through this article, we, Akhil and…
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Successful completion of the ELNEC course by AIIMS, Bathinda – Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Gegal Pruthi, Bathinda The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, in collaboration with the End-of-Life Care Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) India, successfully conducted the ELNEC course from Tuesday, 16th November, 2021, to Thursday, 18th November, 2021. The ELNEC…
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Leveling up the Emotional Quotient: It’s scope in the Technocratic Oncosurgical suite – Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Nimish Singh, Bathinda The unsettling squeeze of hand and a frantic appeal to “save” her, by a lady about to undergo a hemi-mandibulectomy set an undertone of empathy and sadness in our minds. Her apprehension about who…
Read MoreThe Need and Role of Palliative Care for Diabetic Patients – Dr. Anuja Damani (Manipal), Dr. Arun Ghoshal (Toronto) Diabetes is one of the commonest non communicable diseases in India. According to a global survey published in 2019, India ranks 2nd among the countries with highest number of diabetic adults. 77 million people were living…
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Gender’s role in disabling help seeking behaviours – Ms. Keshav Sharma, New Delhi Polarities are abundant in nature: Day & Night, Highs & Lows, Light & Shadow, and so on. They co-exist and beautifully complement each other in what is seen as a grand display of a virtuous balance. One such polarity is that of…
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