One Day Palliative Care Awareness Program at CIHSR, Nagaland With the aim to educate and bring awareness to the masses, a One Day Palliative Care awareness program was organized by the Palliative Care Team of Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR), Dimapur on the 28th of September 2018 at CIHSR Campus. This program…
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Indian Association of Palliative Care is organising a Palliative Care Awareness program in Dimapur, Nagaland on Friday, September 28, 2018. The venue for this awareness program will be Christian Institute of Health Sciences, Diphupar, Dimapur.
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Implementation of Supreme Court Judgment on Advance Medical Directives In keeping with the right to Privacy the Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment for patients facing terminal illness. Such patients and their families are often subjected to unwanted medical interventions that serve only to render the dying process agonizing. Medical ethics and standards in…
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The Day long Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) with the theme of Palliative Care was conducted by the administrative authority of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital at Sector 6, Rohini, in Delhi in association with DNipCare on Saturday, 7th July 2018. The CNE was inaugurated by Dr. Shakti Sharma, Additional Medical Superintendent and presided over by…
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A certificate course for training volunteers in Palliative care was conducted in Bhubaneshwar on 10th and 11th of June, 2018. This is as part of a pilot project initiated by IAPC. The course was conducted by Dr. Sushmita Mohanty. Dr. Abhijith Dam, Dr. Mami Parija and Mr. Subrat Tripathy. This was the second pilot course…
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A Workshop on Palliative Care Nursing was conducted at DDU Hospital, Delhi on 19the May, 2018. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. A. K. Mehta, Medical Director, presided by Mrs. Saroj Nagar, Deputy Nursing Superintendent. The faculties were Dr. Rathi Balachandran, ADG (Nursing), MHFW, Govt. of India, Mrs.Alice Stella, National Faculty, IAPC, Mrs.Jessy Shaji Paul,…
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The Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (G. B. Pant Hospital), Delhi observed World Health Day on 7th April 2018 by conducting a Continuing Nursing Education Programme on PALLIATIVE CARE in the Hospital Auditorium at 11 AM in Association with DNipCare and IAPC. The programme included: 1. Introduction and Need…
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A workshop for training volunteers primarily, as a part of the pilot project initiated by IAPC was conducted at Siliguri in North Bengal. This was arranged by Dr. Sourav Guha from Medica Oncology Center and conducted by Dr. Abhijit Dam, Secretary, IAPC, and Dr. Priya Khanna, a psychiatrist from UK. The programme had around 87…
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The Cardiff University MSc Program in Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals Starting 03 September 2018 The scholarship will fund full Cardiff University course fees and travel and accommodation in the UK to attend compulsory residential teaching for the full 3-year duration of the programme. The scholarships are most suitable for those who have previously…
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Hosted by INCTR Canada/Two world’s Cancer Collaboration On 21st February 2018, a meeting was held in New Delhi to discuss approaches to population community based care in certain north Indian States. It was intended to identify the ways in which the states could move towards a community- based palliative care programme in which the roles…
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