A Testimony from a delegate on Kochi Home Care Experience 4th to 7th February 2019 were allotted for Kochi Home Care Experience as one of the Pre-Conference workshops organized in connection with IAPCONKochi2019 – the 26th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care. More delegates chose to accompany the home care teams of various…
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CHWs Training on Palliative care A new initiative at Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata An eight weeks course has been designed for Community Health Workers with hands on training by the Palliative Care Department of Saroj Gupta Cancer Center and Research institute, Kolkata, India. The objective of the program was to…
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World Kidney Day: March 14th Report by Mr. Suresh T. P., Zonal member, IAPC On the occasion of World Kidney Day, the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Mangolpuri, Delhi in association with DNipCare held a Symposium on Palliative Care at 1.30 PM on Thursday, 14th March 2019. Dr. Renu Manchanda, Training Coordinator of the hospital presided…
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We started the conference activities an year ago; but with a difference While reporting the conduct of IAPCONKochi2019 – the 26th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care – held from 8th February 2019 at AELI Hills, Keezhmadu, Aluva, Kerala, India, we have a different story to share. The Conference theme was “Voices in…
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The President’s address My passion to address pain of patients has motivated me to do more and I learnt Palliative Medicine. The journey of 20 years in Palliative Medicine was full of challenges, opportunities and satisfaction. I understand IAPC membership has given me a big responsibility with full confidence that I will be able to…
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IAPCON 2020 website is functional: www.iapcon2020guwahati.in (old website is defunct). As The Filmfare awards are going to be conducted on 15th Feb 2020, in Guwahati, all the hotels will be booked. Therefore we request all the delegates to book their hotels for accommodation, before 15th Nov’19. Kindly contact Mr. Anand Das for bookings…
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Workshop on Re-exploring Spirituality in Palliative Care Date: 3rd and 4th May, 2019 Venue: Prof. Rustam Choksi Auditorium, 2nd floor, GJB, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012. Speakers: Dr. Christina Puchalski Dr. Santosh Chaturvedi Dr. Suhita Chatterjee Dr. Soumitra Dutta Dr. Nagesh Simha Dr. Abhijit Dam Registration is free…
Read MoreDr. Abhinav Singh, IAPC Central Council member and an experienced palliative care physician, has contributed to the ‘Lexicon’, 24th Edition, ‘The cloak that matters’, in the section ‘Diverging Roads’ which is dedicated to the Deptt. of Palliative Care,CMC, Vellore. CAREER IN PALLIATIVE CARE: THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – TIME TO RECKON Dr. Abhinav Singh,…
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Inaugural Ceremony of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Department, GNRC Group of Hospitals In association with Indian Association of Palliative Care, Guwahati, Assam The GNRC Group of Hospitals have initiated the Pain and Palliative Care Department in Guwahati on 10th of November 2018. The department will be headed by Dr. Kalpajit Dutta, MD Anaesthesia &…
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A report by Mr. Suresh Thalirayil, IAPC CC member The DNipCare Team met Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Honourable Union Minister of State for Defence, Government of India on 08th January 2019 with the following request: a) Ministry of Defence to set up Palliative Care Units as in the case of Base Hospital, Delhi, using the…
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