IAPC Newsletter: March 2019

The President’s address My passion to address pain of patients has motivated me to do more and I learnt Palliative Medicine. The journey of 20 years in Palliative Medicine was full of challenges, opportunities and satisfaction. I understand IAPC membership has given me a big responsibility with full confidence that I will be able to…

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IAPC Annual Conference, IAPCON 2020

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IAPCON 2020 website is functional: www.iapcon2020guwahati.in (old website is defunct). As The Filmfare awards are going to be conducted on 15th Feb 2020, in Guwahati, all the hotels will be booked. Therefore we request all the delegates to book their hotels for accommodation, before 15th Nov’19. Kindly contact Mr. Anand Das for bookings…

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Workshop on Re-exploring Spirituality

Workshop on Re-exploring Spirituality in Palliative Care Date: 3rd and 4th May, 2019 Venue: Prof. Rustam Choksi Auditorium, 2nd floor, GJB, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012. Speakers: Dr. Christina Puchalski Dr. Santosh Chaturvedi Dr. Suhita Chatterjee Dr. Soumitra Dutta Dr. Nagesh Simha Dr. Abhijit Dam Registration is free…

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Dr. Abhinav Singh’s contribution to LEXICON

Dr. Abhinav Singh, IAPC Central Council member and an experienced palliative care physician, has contributed to the ‘Lexicon’, 24th Edition, ‘The cloak that matters’, in the section ‘Diverging Roads’ which is dedicated to the Deptt. of Palliative Care,CMC, Vellore. CAREER IN PALLIATIVE CARE: THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – TIME TO RECKON Dr. Abhinav Singh,…

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Inaugural Ceremony of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Department, GNRC Group of Hospitals

Inaugural Ceremony of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Department, GNRC Group of Hospitals In association with Indian Association of Palliative Care, Guwahati, Assam The GNRC Group of Hospitals have initiated the Pain and Palliative Care Department in Guwahati on 10th of November 2018. The department will be headed by Dr. Kalpajit Dutta, MD Anaesthesia &…

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DNipCare team meets Hon. Minister of State for Defense

A report by Mr. Suresh Thalirayil, IAPC CC member The DNipCare Team met Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Honourable Union Minister of State for Defence, Government of India on 08th January 2019 with the following request: a) Ministry of Defence to set up Palliative Care Units as in the case of Base Hospital, Delhi, using the…

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IAPC decision on Advance Directives – Charters of Patient Rights

Charter of Patients’ Rights for adoption by NHRC Patients’ rights are Human rights! Preamble The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) emphasizes the fundamental dignity and equality of all human beings. Based on this concept, the notion of Patient Rights has been developed across the globe in the last few decades. There is a growing…

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New Training Program Developed by IPM following WHO Guidelines

Objectives Fellowship in Palliative Care is an advanced course run by the Institute of Palliative Medicine, India in partnership with Sanjeevan Palliative Care Project, Pondicherry, India and St Christopher’s Hospice, London, United Kingdom. The six- month course is designed as a distance education program with contact sessions based on principles of adult learning. This Fellowship…

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IAPCON’19 Kochi, 7th February Pre-conference workshops: Programme

IAPCON’19 Kochi, 7th February Pre-conference workshops: Programme Pre-conference workshop general guidelines. Please register separately for pre-conference online iapconkochi2019.com The number of participants for each workshop are given under each workshop details. The registration fee for pre-conference workshop: Doctors: Rs 500 Nurses and volunteers: Rs 300 The last date for registration is 31/12/2018  

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Palliative Care: An Update

DNipCare (Delhites’ National Initiative in Palliative Care) conducted a Workshop for the Nursing fraternity including Nursing Students of Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt., on Saturday, 24th November 2018 in Nalanda Auditorium of the Hospital.     Lectures delivered by Faculties included: Introduction and Need of Palliative Care: Dr. Rathi Balachandran, ADG (Nursing), MoHFW, Govt. of India.…

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