As the theme of world hospice and palliative care day 2025 “ACHIEVING THE PROMISE: UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PALLIATIVE CARE” suggests, we stepped further towards making palliative care accessible to a larger population. GCRI conducted training for doctors and nurses from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation hospitals in batches started from 18 August 2025. A total of 138 doctors and 35 nurses participated till date. More 130 nurses will be trained under this Programme by 10 October 2025.

Under the project NPPC, we regularly conduct the training program for the medical officers and nurses from primary and secondary health centers all across the state.

As the part of WHPCD celebration, Informative presentation were done by Palliative Medicine residents along with role play in the presence of Dr. Shashank Pandya, Director and Dr. Priti Sanghavi, Professor& Head of Department of Palliative Medicine, Deputy Director, GCRI, Ahmedabad. Presentations contained details of what Palliative care means, for whom it is and where it can be provided. Director Sir appreciated our proudly journey of Uprising of Palliative Medicine in the last decade.