From the President’s Desk Dear Members and Colleagues, India is passing through an extraordinary healthcare challenge because of COVID-19. In this extreme situation we assure our support to those who need care, to our colleagues, who are struggling to continue palliative care services, as well as to all the health care professionals working tirelessly all…
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How Team Karunashraya Provides Service Amidst of Restrictions Mr. Georjo Piis, Manager, Public Relations, Bangalore Hospice Trust – Karunashraya writes about the guidelines they follow India and the whole world are currently under the grip of a terrible pandemic which has taken more than 50,000 lives and affected almost a million people worldwide. As such…
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An Initiative by IAPC Supported by Hyderabad Centre for Palliative Care & Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Topic: Adapting Palliative Care to Manage Present Emergency. “The inadequacy in our preparations for the probable stage 3 community transmission, poor ratio of doctors and beds to patients, lack of Personal Protective Equipments, prevalence of co- morbidities and issues…
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A zoom session on COVID -19 and palliative care was organized by Pallium India INC and IOWA University on 25th March 2020. Here is a brief report prepared by Dr. Lulu Mathews (Program Director, Academics, IPM, Kozhikode and Mr. I. Terrymize, Research Associate, IPM). Dr. M R Rajagopal, a global leader in palliative care and…
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Cardiff University and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) are again able to offer Distance Learning Scholarships to support 10 healthcare professionals in India and neighbouring commonwealth countries to enroll on The Cardiff University MSc in Palliative Medicine for Healthcare Professionals starting in September 2020. The scholarships will fund the student’s full Cardiff University course fees,…
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What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. ‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV’. The COVID-19 virus is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory…
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News & Events Conference Report The 27th annual International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care was organized at Guwahati (Assam) at GMCH auditorium in association with IAPC and State Cancer Institute, GMC, Guwahati from 14th-16th of February 2020 The motto of this year’s conference was- “Empower”, “Engage” and “Entrust”- to carry forward the…
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Individuals and organisations joined hands to help disabled persons Karuthal’s initiative for rehabilitation and social support India has a population of more than 121 Crores, out of which 2.68 Crore persons are ‘disabled’ which amounts to 2.21% of the total population. In Kerala, an estimated 8 lakh persons suffer from various disabilities. Koodaranji, a hamlet…
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IAPCON 2020 Guwahati organises a satellite session On “NGO participation in Palliative Care and the role of IAPC” Facilitators Dr. Mary Anne Muekaden Immediate Past President IAPC Dr. K V Ganpathy Member, Central Council IAPC Venue: The Auditorium, State Cancer Institute, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati. Date: February 14, 2020 | 2pm – 3pm. Coordinator: Mr.…
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The Theosophical Society, Cuttack, is all set to receive volunteers in palliative care.The purpose to organise the 16 hour Volunteer Certificate Course of IAPC from 14th to 15th March 2020, ably supported by Dr. Abhijith Dam, Secretary, IAPC and Dr. Sumita Mohanty, Head, palliative Care Unit, Acharya Harihara Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC). This…
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