Newsletter: August 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, On behalf of the IAPC, I am elated to announce travel scholarships worth Rs. 1,00,000/- for IAPC Members presenting papers at IAPCON 2023. The winners of the scholarship will be selected by the Scientific Committee of IAPCON 2023. Authors of the 10 best abstracts, will…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 24 Lecture Date: 25th July, 2022 Topic: Drug interactions in Palliative Care Practice Speaker: Dr Gayatri S Moderator: Dr Krithika Rao The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions,…
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Music Therapy in the journey of a cancer patient – Dr. Arkanil Gain, New Delhi Cancer is one of the most feared and stigmatized diagnosis prevailing in this world. It disrupts various aspects of one’s life starting from the physical, social, psychological aberrations and their interpersonal relationships. The journey for a cancer patient and their…
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There Are Some – Mr. Harshvardhan Ghanshyam More, Kohlapur There are some, whose steady hands made,Take the incision with 15 no. blade There are some, who look for many causes,To calculate, the confusing chemo doses There are some, with caution and precaution,To decide, the fraction and dose of radiation There are some, with head in…
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Perspectives: Palliative Care Home Visit – Col. (Dr.) Nikahat Jahan, Secunderabad After serving twenty years as a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, I started training in the field of Palliative care. As a part of my training I, along with three of my colleagues, had the opportunity to join the palliative care team…
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Spreading the essence of empathy: an NGO experience in Patient Navigation – Dr. Anupama Mukherjee, Goa On a rainy evening, during a routine visit to the Medical Oncology ward at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Goa, we chanced upon a weak yet playful boy curled up at his bed by the window-side. The nurses…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 23 Lecture Date: 18th July, 2022 Topic: Topical Agents in palliative care practice Speaker: Dr Kesavaraj Moderator: Dr Gaurav Sharma The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are…
Read More‘Sri Satya Sai Palliative Care Centre’ inaugurated at Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, on 12th July, 2022 A new palliative care centre, Sri Satya Sai Palliative Care Centre, was inaugurated at Puttaparthi on Tuesday, 12th July, 2022, by the Collector, Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh. The centre is being set up by the Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society (PRPCS),…
Read MoreAravanaippu: The Rural Palliative Care Project – Dr. Harsha Singh, Coimbatore Aravanaippu is a home based palliative care initiative by the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. Aravanaippu was born in 2019, and began its services at Karadivavi, a small village near Coimbatore, which is the birthplace of Padma Bhushan Dr Sitra Srinivasan, Founder, Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. The…
Read MoreIAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 22 Lecture Date: 11th July, 2022 Topic: Opioid Pharmacogenomics Speaker: Dr Rabiya Razak Moderator: Dr Raghav Gupta The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested to drop…
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