Category: Newsletter 2020

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, March was hectic, but inspiring as well. Brilliant academic sessions, flavors of togetherness, selfless hard work, and new initiatives, not only made March special but also imparted momentum to the Palliative Care movement in the country. At the end of the day, one felt both proud and motivated. All…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, A warm welcome to the first ever Virtual Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care. I hope that you have registered for the conference and have submitted abstracts. If you haven’t submitted an abstract yet, please note that you have time till 7th March, 2021. Don’t miss this opportunity,…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, To our great solace, our country seems to be recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The steep fall in cases is a hopeful sign. As per the available statistics, the average of new cases reported per day in the country last week was 14,000. This figure shows a drastic decrease…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Today, in the dawn of New Year, let us start our day with new hopes! We went through a horrifying nightmare; it was not easy to overcome, the loss is huge, yet we survived! If we go down the memory lane, we could hardly find a year that we…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, In the current scenario, we cannot think about meetings or conferences which need the physical presence of the participants. Virtual events are the only strategy for carrying forward our mission in this pandemic era. We at IAPC are also depending on this and utilising the virtual platforms to the…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Together we celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, once again, in 2020, on 10th October. Palliative care groups in India joined with the global community to raise their voice for Palliative Care. While looking back, we can see that considerable progress has been made in the field of…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Stay Safe, it is the only advice we can share now! We know how to protect ourselves from the virus. But please do not forget to take protective measures in your personal and professional life. Please remember always that taking protective measures is the only way to safeguard ourselves…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, It is time for a unified action for palliative care; World Hospice and Palliative Care Day celebrations are approaching. The palliative care community from around the globe join hands on the second Saturday of October every year, to raise voice for palliative care. The theme for 2020 is “My…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Unfortunate issues are looming over us in the past few months. Considering the extreme difficult scenario, IAPC central council (CC) had to take certain unprecedented decisions. The central council held on 11th July 2020 decided to postpone the Annual Conference, AGM, and election to the vacancies of office bearers…

From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, It is a matter of pride for me to speak about our efforts to help and guide the Palliative Care Community in India, in the middle of the unending healthcare emergency. Despite all our limitations, we are trying to do whatever we can. In this Newsletter, please see details…