The following recommendations have been formulated at the “First National Symposium on Integrating Spirituality & Religiosity into Clinical Practice: the way forward”, which was held on 2 September at Kosish-the Hospice in Jharkhand. This was a joint effort by Kosish(a registered NGO providing palliative care services), The Indian Association of Palliative Care and SANDHI, IIT…
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Jhargram… A small sleepy town about 38km from Kharagpur. It is popular for its Sal forests… a place called Salboni. It’s a small Railway Station, crowded with villagers, carrying their massive loads of fresh vegetables, fish and poultry for sale in larger cities of Kolkata and Tata, and their unique ways of hanging their loads…
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Annual Meeting Of Palliative Care Volunteers held in April 2017, in Aluva district, Kerela, by IAPC and NGO. “The rights of the senior citizens should be protected”, Mr. P. K. Haneefa, (Retd. Judge) Chairman, Kerala State Minority Commission, exhorted the delegates who attended the two day Kerala State Meet of Palliative Care Volunteers on…
Read MoreOn the occasion of The World Lymphedema Day on March 6 this year, a seminar was organised on recognition and management of Lymophedema at AIIMS in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. This was organised by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care, AIIMS, under the guidance of Prof. Sukhdev Nayak, and IAPC. The Secretary of Indian Association…
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Is our care complete, when in oncology clinics we mostly focus on patient’s disease, treatment and prognosis and not on the person who is the patient’s backbone and support system? The caregiver ? She/ he comes regularly to the clinic with hope- frustration, suppressed emotions- anger, pseudo active-tired : they are all sincere caregivers who…
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Dr Stanley Macaden, IAPC Lead, Project India of the International Collaborative In association with Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), the International Collaborative for Best Care for the Dying Person conducted a foundation course at Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH), from January 11 to 13, 2016. There were 30 participants from 16 palliative care centres from…
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In the first-ever partnership of its kind, the specialities of critical care and palliative care joined hands on the occasion of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 2014 and vowed to work together for excellence in end-of-life care. “Together we choose”, the joint campaign of IAPC and the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)…
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This is a summary of reports received from various locations. Ahmedabad Dr Geeta Joshi Trustees of Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute joined 100 school students, and 50 cancer patients and the members of their families in celebrating World Hospice and Palliative Care Day at the Institute’s Community Oncology Centre, at Vasna, Ahmedabad. The chief guest…
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In a milestone decision the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik announced last month that palliative care will become a part of the curriculum for paediatricians in that institution. Dr Pradnya Talawadekar, Country Co-ordinator for the Children’s Palliative Care Project at the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) and Dr Maryann Muckaden, ICPCN board chairperson…
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The Director of Narcotics, Rajesh Srivastava, and other officials of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India consulted with leaders in palliative care on July 28, 2014 on the proposed rules for narcotic drugs. Apart from drug controllers from most states, those present included Dr Nagesh Simha, President of IAPC, Dr M…
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