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NEWSLETTER
IAPC SECRETARIAT
Official Newsletter of the Indian Association of Palliative Care
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MESSAGE
FROM THE SECRETARY |
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Dear friends,
This is the third news letter from the
new secretariat of IAPC. Now we are
able to publish it on a regular basis,
thanks to the efforts made by all
especially the National Information
Office. News also comes in from different
parts of India. The year has been a
satisfactory one with regular activities
at IAPC aiming to further the development
of palliative care in India. More
people are involved in these activities
rather than a handful of executive
committee members.
The Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care developed by IAPC has
become a huge success with 1091
professionals taking the course at 24
centres across India since November
2007. |
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Project Kiran has contributed to
the development of palliative care by
supporting the course, national faculty
pool, national information office and
development of care pathways for
terminally ill persons. I thank all the
partners of Project Kiran – HelpAge
India, Help the Hospices (UK), Help
the Aged (UK) and the Institute of
Palliative Medicine for their contribution.
Now let us look forward to greater
achievements for palliative care in the
New Year.
In 2008, probably the most important
development in palliative care in the
country is the Palliative Care Policy of
the Government of Kerala which
carries great significance for palliative
care in India and other developing
countries. I congratulate the Kerala
Government and the palliative care
groups in Kerala for this landmark
achievement.
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I have shared with you the ground
work being done on the development
of Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance
(WPCA), the umbrella organisation for
the national and regional organisations
in palliative care. It has now become a
registered organisation.WPCA will be
formally launched in Vienna in May
2009. India is a permanent member of
the board of the new organisation.
This alliance carries great hopes for
the future of palliative care in the
world.
Most of you must have finalised your
travel plans for the IAPC conference at
Delhi. Let us all meet there. Wish you
the very best for the New Year.
Warm regards
Anil. |
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IAPC Conference 2009
The 16th International Conference of Indian Association
of Palliative Care (IAPC) will be held from 13th-15th
February, 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
The objective of the conference is to "Update Knowledge in
Palliative Care" and the theme of the conference is
"Freedom from Pain". |
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| For Registration and other details and Please contact : |
Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, Organising Secretary, Room No.
242, Unit of Anesthesiology , Dr.BRA Institute Rotary Cancer
Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India, Tele fax No.
+91 11 26588227. Email: iapcon2009@gmail.com
Website: http://www.iapcon2009.org
President: / Prof. Sukdev Nayak /suk_dev@rediffmail.com/ 9338904400 |
| CURRENT IAPC EC MEMBERS |
Secretary: / Dr.Anil Kumar Paleri/anilpaleri@gmail.com/ 9447853340
Treasurer: / E. Abdul Majeed/ abdulmajeed.e@gmail.com/ 9745146090
Vice Presi.: /Dr.T. Mohanasundaram/drmohs.trichy@hotmail.com/ 9345116599
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Editor: / Dr. Jacob Alexander/ dralexander_in@yahoo.com
Executive Members
Dr. Aarti Kaul Patel/ aartikaul7@gmail.com / 9752547731
Dr. Mathew Numpeli/ painclinic@sify.com/ 9446444667
Ms. Saroja G/ sarojasen@yahoo.co.in
Ms. Kumari Thankam/ kumarithankam@hotmail.com
Dr. Shyamal Sarkar/ drsarkarsmay@rediffmail.com/ 9831097315
Dr. Anjum Joad/ anjumjoad@hotmail.com/ 9828915257
Dr. Nandini. V/ nandiniv@aims.amrita.edu/ 9446033050
Mr. Gafoor Thaneri
Dr. Kabindra Bhagabati/ kbhagabati@yahoo.co.uk/ 9864093687
Dr. Abijith K Dam/ ratuldam@yahoo.com/ 9431915282
Past President/ Dr. Firuza D. Patel/patelfd@glide.net.in
Past Secretary/ Dr.Dinesh Chandra Goswami/goswamidcg@yahoo. |
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| NRHM Arogyakeralam Palliative Care Project Launched |
The NRHM is planning to train alteast 150 doctors in each
Taking palliative care to every Panchayath
district. In the initial stage 17 Doctors, 35 staff Nurses and 24
Auxilliary Nurses have been appointed. Coordinators have
already been appointed in all districts. A newly appointed
Project Manager is in charge of coordinating the activities in
all districts.
As part of implementing the project training camps were held at different places |
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Two day training programme for resource persons in the
th state was held at Govt. youth hostel, Kozhikode on 9 and
th 10 August. |
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State level workshop for doctors and Nurses was held at
th st NIT Calicut from 18 to 21 of September. |
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Three Workshops of the representatives of the
Recognised Medical Institutions were held at Calicut,
Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram. |
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Workshop for Palliative Care project (South Zone) was
th held at Medical College, Vandanam on November 11
2008. |
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Now Panchayath level awareness and training programmes
are progressing all over the state. Within last two months
nearly 60 training programmes were conducted at
Panchayath level.
Series of demonstration projects in the back ground of these
awareness and training activities are expected to facilitate
the evolution of social movement in the care of the incurably
and terminally ill patients in the state, well integrated to
existing health care system. |
| Faculty Workshop |
Indian Association of Palliative Care conducted a workshop
t for the members of the National Faculty Pool on October 31
st and November 1st at Asheerbhavan, Kochi. The workshop was
conducted in association with Institute of Palliative Medicine
and supported by Project Kiran.
The workshop dealt with common Psychosocial Problems
encountered in Palliative Care, with emphasis on Practical
aspects of management.
Ms. Hillary Lewis (UK), Dr. Manoj Kumar, Dr. Chithra
Venkateswaran, and Dr.Santhosh Chathurvedi lead the
classes. 45 delegates from the National faculty pool attended the workshop. |
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Kerala is the first state where Palliative care is being linked up
with National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programs and
NRHM has initiated a state level project this year aiming at the
development of community based care services for the bed
ridden, elderly, chronically and incurably ill people in the state.
The 'Arogya Keralam Project' by NRHM aims at awareness and
capacity building in the general community, health care
professional in government and private sector, local self
government officials, the student community and grass root
level political leaders.
The project will be instrumental in bringing together various
non-governmental initiatives and government agencies
involved in either palliative care or the public health on a
common platform. With a budget of more than 4 crores, this
is the largest palliative care project in India. It is also the main
implementing arm of the state government's 'Palliative Care
Policy'. The Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut is the
nodal agency for implementing the project. |
Taking Palliative Care to Every Panchayath
Is the main aim of
the project. This is to ensure the availability of palliative
services at the grassroots' level.
The project was launched officially on 9th Ocotber 2008 at
Mancheri by Health Minister of Kerala P K Sreemathi.
40 Home care Services have been started all over the state
under NRHM Scheme. Among them more than 35 services
were initiated by Local Self Governments. |
Number of new home care services in each district: |
| Trivandrum - 2 |
Kollam - 1 |
Pathanamthitta - 1 |
| Alappuzha - 1 |
Kottayam - 3 |
Idukki - 4 |
| Eranamkulam - 5 |
Thrissur - 4 |
Palakkad - 1 |
| Malappuram - 10 |
kozhikode - 4 |
Wayanad - 1 |
| Kannur - 1 |
Kasargode - 1 |
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| Report from state chapters |
One awareness seminar and three training programmes each
were conducted in all the districts. |
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Total 56 training programmes were conducted. |
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40 trainers of IAPC Kerala lead the classes. |
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More than 6000 people participated in the initialawareness programme |
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Institute of Palliativ3000 volunteers completed their training.e Care, Thrissur |
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Now there are 3000 newly trained volunteers in Kerala,actively working in association with Palliative Care
Services. |
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Nearly 100 Social groups have expressed their interestand majority of them are planning to initiate services in
their own area |
IAPC kerala has been working for implementing the
Arogyakeralam Palliative Care Project launched by National
Rural Health Mission in Kerala and formed a sub committee
for this purpose. The trainers of IAPC kerala has been giving
training in each panchayath .
A programme 'Palliative Care in Campus' for National Service
Scheme volunteers from different colleges in Kerala is also
being organised by IAPCKerala. Students and NSS
programme officers from Calicut, Kerala and Mahathma
Gandhi Universities are participating in the programme. Four
workshops each for students and NSS Programme officers of
Calicut University were conducted at Kozhikode and Thrissur.
The Association has started publishing a News letter in
Malayalam.
170 Volunteers from kerala will be attending the IAPCON
2009 at New Delhi. The Kerala Chapter is coordinating the
travel and accommodation of the delegates. |
BAPTIST HOSPITAL CELEBRATED
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF PALLIATIVE CARE |
Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH) celebrated the completion
of ten years of Hospice and Homecare service on18th
November, 2008. Dr. Suranjan Bhattarcharji, chairman of the
governing board of BBH & Director of CMCH Vellore,
Dr.S.R.Nayak, Honourable Justice & Chairman of Human
Rights Commission, Bangalore, Dr.Vijay Aruldas, General
Secretary of CMAI, Delhi, Dr. K. Suresh Kumar, Director of
IPM, Calicut were the special guests. Dr.Alexander Thomas,
Director & CEO of BBH welcomed the gathering. Dr.Stanley
Macaden, former Director & HOD of Palliative care unit, BBH
gave an overview of the entire Hospice & Home care programme. |
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| Jharkhand |
A conference on Palliative Care was oraganised at Bokaro on
25th and 26th of October 2008. The conference was attended
by IAPC members from Bokaro, Ranchi & Dhanbad districts of
Jharkhand .
More than 100 NCC cadets also attended the conference. The
theme of the conference was The website of the hospice "Koshish" was launched by Ms.
Gilly Burn at the function
Ms. Gilly Burn laid the foundation stone of the forthcoming
hospice & retirement solutions, which is located 4 km from
the West Bengal border , so that it can serve two adjoining
states, Jharkhand & West Bengal.
A volunteer training programme was launched at KOSHISH. |
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| NCC cadets Who had completed training Palliative care at Bokaro. |
| Kerala |
Last year Indian Association of Palliative Care took a major
role in training palliative care volunteers, coordinating
campaigns, implementing new projects and giving assistance
to start new initiatives in Palliative Care. This effort
successfully lead to starting new home care services and
palliative care clinics especially in southern parts of Kerala
where palliative care services are less when compared to the
northern districts.
As part of the media campaign jointly launched by the
Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama and Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut, for spreading the message of
palliative care, the trainers of the Indian Association had lent
their service for conducting training programmes in all the 14
districts and coordinating the Campaign. |
| MARIE NYSWANDER AWARD |
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This year's Marie Nyswander award
was presented to Dr M R Rajagopal
of Pallium India. The award was
presented during the Annual
Conference of the International
Association for Pain and Chemical
Dependency at Philadelphia on 31
October 2008 for his services to the field of pain management. |
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WORLD HOSPICE AND
PALLIATIVE CARE DAY REPORT |
A workshop was organised at Kidwai Memorial Institute of
Oncology, Bangalore along with Karunashraya, Bangalore
Baptist Hospital and St.johns medical college. Mr. S.R.Nayak,
the Chairman of Human Rights Commission was the chief guest.
'Palliative care support group' was initiated on the occasion of
world palliative care day celebration at St. John's Hospital,
Bangalore. The theme of meeting was 'Quality of Life'.
Dr. Barathi explained the theme. |
| JAIPUR |
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| Workshop at Jaipur Cancer Society. |
A workshop for the awareness of cancer and palliative care
was organised by the Jaipur Cancer Relief Society. The
workshop was attended by Sister Sumitra (head of nursing
staff )and Mohita Chaturvedi (Palliative Care and ACS project
coordinator).
Another session on communication was organised for the
students of nursing college. Dr Meenakshi Saxena addressed the students. |
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| Function at Chennai. |
Chennai Association of Palliative Care (CAPC), RMD Pain and
Palliative Care Trust, Lakshmi Pain and Palliative Care Clinic
together organised a public awareness programme .
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Tamilnadu
Thiru M.R.K.Panneerselvam was the chief guest. Dr.Mallika
Thiruvathanan gave a presentation on "Palliative Care; Need
of the Hour"
Jeevodaya hospice, Chennai conducted a workshop. |
| NELLORE |
| A new Palliative Care centre was inaugurated in the district of
Nellore, Andra Pradesh. |
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of
action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care
around the world.
The theme for World Day 2008 which was celebrated on
October 11th is "Hospice and palliative care: a human right".
Every year events and activities take place in more than 70
countries, bringing together patients, families, health
professionals, policy makers, volunteers and others to
support the hospice and palliative care. |
The aims of the day: |
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Get together at St.Johns Hospital, Bangalore |
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| THIRUVANANTHAPURAM |
| ERNAKULAM |
Consortium of Pain and Palliative Care Units in Ernakulam
District organised a Quiz Contest for NSS volunteers from all
the colleges in Kerala on 11th October 2008 at St. Xavier's
College for Women, Aluva.
On 12th October, 2008, an All Kerala Workshop on "Palliative
Care - a Human Right" was organised at Anwar Memorial Pain
and Palliative Care Society, Aluva. |
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| THRISSUR |
| A discussion on Quality Improvement was held at Institute of
Palliative care, Trissur. |
| BAKEL, KASARGOD |
| A meeting of volunteers was held at Bakel in Kasargod district. |
| THIRUVALLA |
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Malayala Manorama, the Malayalam daily which organised a
media campaign in Palliative care, observed the world
Palliative Care Day at Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta District.
The programme 'Eve on alleviation' was organised on October
11th evening. Hundreds of people who gathered in the
evening lighted the candles as a symbol of 'kindness and
brightness' to the lives of those who suffer.
The message of Palliative Care was conveyed by Dr. K . Suresh
Kumar, Director, Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut. Dr.
Philopose Mar Chrisostam Methropolitha, NSS General
Secretary P K Narayana Panicker, Film Director Blessy together lighted the candle. |
At the function the Participants took this oath
"I realise that there are hundreds of people in pain and
misery with incurable illness around me. I Pledge to do
everything in my capacity to support them. We are all
with them." |
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A musical evening was also organised as part of the programme. |
| CUTTACK |
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| A painting Competition for children was organised by acharya RCC pain Clinic Cuttack. |
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Health minister of Kerala P K Sreemathi releasing doves at RCC Thiruvananthapuram. |
Health Minister of Kerala P K Sreemathi participated in world
hospice and Palliative care day celebration at Regional
Cancer center, Thiruvananthapuram.
Two doves were released to symbolize peace and freedom
from pain. They were released by the Minister P K Sreemathi.
NRHM Mission Director Dr. Dinesh Arora also participated.
Music director M Jayachandran at the University Senate Hall
in Trivandrum, with an amazing team performed musical
event as part of the programme organised by Pallium India.
His Worshipful Mayor of Trivandrum city, Sri Jayan Babu ,
Sugathakumari teacher, lyricist Srikumaran Thampi and
actress Menaka joined the team in lighting a lamp. Mr.
Ganesan, one of the patients formally released the Malayalam
monthly publication "Sahayathra" in its new form. |
| QUILANDY |
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| Rally at Quilandy |
Quilandy palliative care Society in Kozhikode district
organised a Campus meet. More than 300 students
participated. Municipal Chairman K Dasan inaugurated the
Camp. After the camp a procession and public meeting was
held in the town. Indian Association of Palliative Care
Secretary Dr. Anil Kumar Paleri inaugurated the public meeting. |
| CALICUT UNIVERSITY |
The Calicut University National Service Scheme and the
Indian Association of Palliative Care, Kerala jointly organised
a university-level painting/drawing competition for college students. |
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| APPLICATION FOR GRANT FOR SETTING UP OF PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES |
11. The successful applicants must send activity report
every three months and an annual report with
financial statement to the IAPC secretariat.
12. The selected centres will be open to the evaluation
visits by members / mentors appointed by IAPC.
13. These centres should maintain a registry to get a
baseline as well as continued data for information and
research.
14. The completed applications and correspondences in
future in this regard should be sent to Hon. Secretary,
Indian Association of Palliative Care, Institute of Palliative
Medicine, Medical College PO, Kozhikode-673008. Kerala.
15. Application form is available from the secretariat. You
can request by email to nio.palliative.india@gmail.com
16. contact address for more information:
Email : nio.palliative.india@gmail.com
Phone: 0495-3290956, 2354166
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| IAPC EXAMINATION |
The third batch of the IAPC Certificate Course in Essentials
st of Palliative Care started on 1 November 2008.This is the
second batch in 2008 and this time 351 candidates
registered for the course through various centres. When the
course was introduced in November 2007, 348 candidates
underwent the course through 12 regional centres. The first
st batch in 2008 began on 1 June and 392 candidates
registered through 20 centres. Now IAPC has 24 regional
centres all over India. The classes are conducted by
members of the National faculty pool. Now there are 64
national faculties.
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Doctors and Nurses can apply for the course
The Doctors should have successfully completed MBBS/
BDS. (Those who are doing internship also can apply)
Nurses: should have successfully completed B.Sc.in Nursing/
Diploma in Nursing. (Those who are doing internship also
can apply)
The course is a distance education course with a duration of
eight weeks. There is an optional second part, where the
candidates who have successfully completed the certificate
course can choose clinical placement for TEN days in a
nearby palliative care unit. |
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The next batch of the course will begin from 1 June 2009.
The application form and other details will be available
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15the April 2009 from the IAPC website www.palliativecare.in.
You can also mail to
nio.palliative.india@gmail.com
for the application form and for other details. |
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| GUIDELINES |
Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) will be
giving grants to individuals who have undergone
training in palliative care to set up palliative care
services in their area/institution/organisation.
2. The applicant must be a doctor with a degree in
Modern Medicine or a nurse with diploma / degree.
They should have registration with their respective
councils.
3. Both the nurse and doctor should have undergone
training in palliative care with a minimum of 10 days of
hands on training. If at the time of application either
one of them has not received any training in palliative
care he/she should successfully complete the IAPC
certificate course with 10 days of hands-on
component at the earliest.
4. The attested copies of degree/diploma certificates,
registration certificates and palliative care training
certificates should be submitted along with the
application.
5. The applicants or the Institution / organisation supporting
the services should have IAPC Membership.
6. The project proposal should contain aims, objectives,
proposed budget, infrastructure needs, outcomes and
plans for continuing the programme in future
including financial viability. The applicant may use
additional pages if the space provided is insufficient.
7. Chances of receiving the grant will depend on
a. whether both the nurse and doctor have received
hands on training in palliative care
b. the institution/organisation supporting (financial,
human resources, infrastructure) the project
c. there is a clear plan for the continuation of the
services including financial viability
d. reference
e. existing palliative care services in your area
8. The application should be written legibly or printed.
9. The application form should be complete in all respects.
10. The grant can be used to salary support of key staff,
vehicle/fuel expense for running home care
programmes and / or medicine and supplies. |
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A project is underway to create an online directory of
palliative care services for India. Once launched on the IAPC
website, the directory will include details of the services
available at different places in India.
We are requesting for information in three categories; the
services provided to patients, the staff structure, general
information on funding and space is provided for further
information. The information collected during the project will
paint an accurate picture of the level of palliative care
coverage in India at the beginning of 2009. The directory
itself will serve as a valuable information tool for
professionals and patients alike.
In November a hard copy of the questionnaire was circulated
to all known palliative care services in India. An electronic
copy was also sent where possible.
The Directory will go online in early 2009 but will never be
considered 'finished'. It is to be hoped that new palliative care
services will continue to be established in India and that they
will be added to the directory. So that the directory can
continue to grow, the questionnaire will soon be available on
the IAPC website.
Any existing palliative care organisations/ institutions who
have not received the questionnaire can write to IAPC
secretariat for a copy. We request that all centres who have
received the questionnaire find the time to respond and
become part of the directory. The questionnaire can be
returned by e-mail - either to nio.palliative.india@gmail.com or by post to the IAPC Secretariat. |
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| EAPC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT |
ELECTION NOTIFICATION 2009 |
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Election to the Governing Council of Indian Association of
Palliative Care for the year 2009 will be held during the
Annual General Body meeting at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Vacancies open for the year 2009 are as follows:
1. President Elect (One Post- President from 2010 to 2013)
2. Editor (One Post - from 2009 to 2012)
3. Executive Committee Member
(Five Posts - from 2009 to 2011)
Nominations other than South Zone are encouraged. |
Last date for receiving the nomination
31 stJanuary 2009
Last date for withdrawal of nomination
12 th February 2009
Publication of Valid nomination
13 thFebruary 2009
Polling
14 th February 2009
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The presidential candidate should have 10 years of
membership in the association. Specimen of nomination
form is given with this new letter.
Date:20-12-2008 Dr. Anil Kumar Paleri Hon. Secretary IAPC |
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| Palliative Care and Care of the Elderly |
A workshop for the National Faculty
A national workshop for members of the National Faculty
Pool on Palliative care and Care of the elderly will be held at
AIIMS, New Delhi on 12 th February 2009. The work shop is
being organised by Indian Association of Palliative care and
supported by Project Kiran. |
| AGM ANNOUNCEMENT |
| Notification is here by given for the Annual General Body
Meeting of Indian Association of Palliative Care on 14.02.09
at 3.30 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. |
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NOMINATION FORM |
| Nominations should reach the Secretary, IAPC before 5pm on 31 January 2009 |
To
The Secretary,
Indian Association of Palliative Care
Institute of Palliative Medicine,
Medical College PO, Calicut, Kerala, India
Email:anilpaleri@gmail.com, nio.palliative.india@gmail.com
I........................................................................................................................................ (Name of proposer),
IAPC membership number…….....................…… do hereby propose..........................................................................
..............................................................(Name of the candidate), IAPC membership number……....…......to the post
of President/ Vice President/ Editor/ Executive Committee Member
Signature of the proposer: Dated:
I..................................................................................................................(Name of the person supporting the
proposal), IAPC membership number…........……do hereby support the nomination of ............................................
..............................................................................................IAPC membership number……….......….. to the post of
President/ Vice President/ Editor/ Executive Committee member
Signature: Dated:
DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE
I.......................................................................................................................do hereby confirm that if elected,
I will be willing to work as President / Vice President/ Editor/ Executive Committee member of Indian Association
of Palliative Care.
Date: Signature of the candidate:
Place:
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