IAPC Newsletter: October 2023

From the President’s Desk

Hello Friends,

We, at the IAPC, are excited to participate and celebrate the upcoming World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) observance on Saturday, 14^th October 2023. In line with this, I am excited to invite palliative care institutions from across the country to share and showcase their WHPCD Celebrations to the world, by publishing details of their celebrations on the IAPC’s National Portal. Further details regarding this is available in the ‘Announcements / Messages from IAPC’ section of this newsletter.

The IAPC also believes that one of the ways to observe this year’s WHPCD theme ‘Compassionate Communities: Together for Palliative Care’ is to facilitate the creation and strengthening of compassionate communities…

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Announcements / Messages from IAPC

IAPC’s Infographic of the month

IAPCON 2024 Update: Details of pre-conference workshop and ‘Dr M T Bhatia Award for best Poster Presentation for Nurses’ announced

Apply before 2^nd October, 2023, for an enriching experience at the ASCO IDEA 2024 program

The IJPC’s July – September edition is now online

Submit details of your ‘WHPCD celebrations’ in the IAPC’s National Portal

ICPCN launches the ‘2023 Digital Toolkit’ for their upcoming Hatson4CPC event

Join us at 3:00 p.m. on 26^th October, 2023, for the IAPC and SMA Nirvana’s National multilingual edition of ‘Singing for the Stars’

Leverage the IAPC’s Social Media to stay connected!

The IAPC’s Careers page has been updated to reflect new vacancies from across the country

Call for Support: Your 2 minutes = Someone’s entire lifetime of Peace, Comfort and Dignity!

‘Saath Saath Helpline’: India’s free palliative care helpline

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Education and Training

Registrations invited for the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Palliative Care for Volunteers’

Applications invited for the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in the Physiotherapy – Palliative Care interface’

The ‘Part A’ component of the IAPC’s ‘Certificate Course in Palliative Care Pharmacy’ conducted successfully on 23^rd September, 2023

Registrations open for the Lancaster University’s course on ‘Dying Well: The Role of Palliative Care and Sedation in End of Life Care’ starting on 16^th October, 2023

ELNEC India conducts two core training programs for nursing professionals during September 2023

TMH, Mumbai, trains 27 healthcare professionals in the ‘Basics of Pediatric Palliative Care’ between 11^th and 13^th September, 2023

A session on ‘Special care for special ones – senior citizens’ was conducted by Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, on 13^th September, 2023

Sparsh Hospice, Hyderabad, and L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd, jointly conducted a palliative care awareness program at Ameerpet Metro Station, Hyderabad, on 30^th August, 2023

HBCHRC, Vizag, and NHM, AP, collaborated to successfully conduct a Train-the-trainers program in palliative care between 29^th August and 9^th September, 2023

A webinar on ‘Deathbed Phenomenon: Review and Experiences’ was jointly presented by the IAPC’s DC, the DSCOG, and Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, on 22^nd August, 2023

Update from APM’s lecture series

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Awards and Recognitions

Dr Ravi Kannan awarded the prestigious ‘2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award – Hero for Holistic Healthcare’

Mr Avtar Singh Cheema is the recipient of this year’s ‘Molly Dam Award’

Pallium India is the recipient of the ‘ECHO Excellence Award 2023’

Dr Avinash Tiwari receives the News 18’s ‘Yuva Shakti Award 2023’ on 24^th September, 2023

Palliative Peace inaugurates the ‘Captain (IN) Tejinder Pal Singh Gill Memorial Care and Support Home’ at Bhadalwad, Punjab, on 7^th September, 2023

Foundation stone laying ceremony of Manipal Hospice and Respite Care Center held on 16^th September, 2023

NIMHANS and Cipla Foundation collaborate to provision integrated neuropalliative care services at NIMHANS, Bengaluru

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Interesting Reads

IAPC’s Exclusive Articles

• ‘You can feel better even when you are not getting better’ by Mr Krishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Mumbai, Maharashtra, in celebration of International Day of Charity (5^th September) 
• ‘Navigating Suicidality in Palliative Care: A Multi-dimensional View’ by Dr Sravannthi Maya, Hyderabad, Telangana, in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day (10^th September)
• ‘Palliative Care for Cardiovascular Disease’ by Dr Eric Borges, Mumbai, Maharashtra, in commemoration of World Heart Day (29^th September)  
• ‘The Beautiful Journey of a Nurse: Touching Lives with Compassion’ by Lt Col Lovely Antony (Retd), Kozhikode, Kerala

Other Compelling reads

• ‘End-of-life care – Infusing the ‘person’ back into the ‘patient’’, Dr Samantha Winemaker, a republication from e hospice (Cannda edition)
• ‘Talking about Sexuality and Intimacy When You’re Living with a Serious Illness’ a republication from Get Palliative Care

Other upcoming events

Participation invited for PallCHASE’s session on ‘Grief 101 – A Virtual Workshop reflecting on Grief and Loss’

Register for the EAPC’s webinar on ‘Advance care planning in Children’s Palliative Care’ on 13^th October, 2023

Register for the the PCW’s hybrid 10th Annual Conference on ‘The Changing Landscape of Worldwide Palliative Care Education’, United Kingdom, 14^th October, 2023

Submit abstracts before 20^th October, 2023, to participate in the virtual ‘Palliative Care Congress’, 21^st and 22^nd March, 2024

Registrations invited for the 6^th Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Alliance Conference, 15^th – 17^th November, 2023

Registrations invited for the IAPC Delhi Chapter’s first annual conference at New Delhi, 17^th – 19^th November, 2023

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