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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 &…
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…
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 16 Topic: Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Research in Palliative Medicine Date: November 8, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Fiona Rawlinson and Dr.…
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…
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…
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…
The 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…
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…
Pages from the Diary of a Palliative Care Counsellor – Ms. Vandana Mahajan, Mumbai Context: I am a Palliative care counselor and have been counseling cancer patients for over 7 years now. I am associated with a cancer NGO, Cope with cancer-Madat Trust, and currently work at the Thoracic Disease Management Group (DMG) of Tata…
Palliative care for patients with (COPD) – an essential unmet need – Dr. Rajani Bhat, Bengaluru November 17th is observed as World COPD Day around the world in over 50 countries. Clinicians, research professionals and patient advocacy groups come together to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive…
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