A month of events at Bhagawan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Jaipur, Rajasthan. In keeping with this year’s theme – “Universal Health Coverage – Don’t Leave Those Suffering Behind”, an awareness training programme was conducted in the institute. Nurses were educated in the basics of pain management, basics of palliative care and Communication skills…
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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care for Older People Joint statement made by: The Indian Academy of Geriatrics (IAG) Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Society of India (ARDSI) HelpAge India Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) Draft 21/01/17 The Indian population is ageing: Elder population now stands at 100 million and is projected to grow to 324…
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Election to the Central Council of Indian Association of Palliative Care for the year 2018 will be held during the Annual General Meeting. Vacancies open for the year are as follows: President Elect The term of President elect will be for 1 year and will take over after 1 year, during the AGM of IAPC…
Read MoreChinchpada Christian Hospital The Chinchpada Christian Hospital, Palliative Care programme is a home based programme for Taluka of Navapur. The programme services mainly patients with terminal cancer but also includes people with renal failure, HIV AIDS, and others who would require Palliative care. Spread to 40 villages in Navapur Taluka there are about 160 patients…
Read MoreCardinal Gracias Memorial Hospital Trust Palliative OPD services daily in Cardinal Gracias Memorial Hospital, from Monday to Saturday 9 am – 12 noon. This is 150 bedded trust hospital with different faculties and if palliative patients requires hospital admission it can be done. Morphine and fentanyl are available in hospital pharmacy. Website: www.cardinalgraciashospital.com Contact Person Dr. Swetlana…
Read MoreCare India Medical Society (CIMS) This is a public charitable trust working in the field of cancer palliative care for the poor and underprivileged sections of the community in Pune. The organization provides free services through its home-care program SATSEVA and a 15 bed in patient facility VISHRANTI which complements the home care services. CIMS…
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day observed on Oct 27th 2017, by CanSupport CanSupport, recipient of WHO, Public Health Champion Awards 2017, celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on Oct 27th at the Bathai House of Worshiping in New Delhi. Sufi music was performed by singer Ms. Rekhs Surya. A Souvenir containing stories of…
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‘World Hospice Day’ was celebrated by KOSISH at Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, India. The event took place under the able leadership of Dr. Rupali Choudhary. A Health Camp was conducted for the elderly and terminally ill patients.
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The following recommendations have been formulated at the “First National Symposium on Integrating Spirituality & Religiosity into Clinical Practice: the way forward”, which was held on 2 September at Kosish-the Hospice in Jharkhand. This was a joint effort by Kosish(a registered NGO providing palliative care services), The Indian Association of Palliative Care and SANDHI, IIT…
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