Perspectives: Palliative Care Home Visit – Col. (Dr.) Nikahat Jahan, Secunderabad After serving twenty years as a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, I started training in the field of Palliative care. As a part of my training I, along with three of my colleagues, had the opportunity to join the palliative care team…
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Spreading the essence of empathy: an NGO experience in Patient Navigation – Dr. Anupama Mukherjee, Goa On a rainy evening, during a routine visit to the Medical Oncology ward at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Goa, we chanced upon a weak yet playful boy curled up at his bed by the window-side. The nurses…
Read MoreAravanaippu: The Rural Palliative Care Project – Dr. Harsha Singh, Coimbatore Aravanaippu is a home based palliative care initiative by the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. Aravanaippu was born in 2019, and began its services at Karadivavi, a small village near Coimbatore, which is the birthplace of Padma Bhushan Dr Sitra Srinivasan, Founder, Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. The…
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Newsletter: July 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, The IAPC extends its heartiest warm wishes to all the Palliative Care Doctors, on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day! To commemorate this day, the IAPC presents to you a compilation of the MD and DNB Doctors of Palliative Medicine from across India. We invite you to…
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Yoga – The Calm amidst the chaos in the life of a palliative care recipient – Ms Sreekala Sunderrajan, Bengaluru Imagine this: You are walking on a hard concrete road with a broken shoe on a scorching hot summer day in Delhi. At that moment when you are about to faint, you are welcomed into…
Read MorePalliative Care in Sickle Cell disease – Dr. Pankaj Singhai and Dr. Swati Patel Jain, Indore Arun (name changed)16-year-old male child, a known case of sickle cell anaemia, presented to the hospital with acute painful crisis. Arun was diagnosed at 5 years of age, was not on regular follow up and was taking hydroxyurea irregularly.…
Read MoreElder Abuse and Palliative care: The time to act is now! – Dr. Anish S, Thrissur Every year June 15th is observed as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) by the United Nations General Assembly. The day aims to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and…
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My father’s journey with Brain Cancer: from DGM to GBM – Ms. Krithika S. and Ms. Sharanya S., Bengaluru My father, Mr Swaminathan C K, Deputy General Manager (DGM) of BSNL, was a dedicated, humble, loving and caring person. He had built a beautiful family, well nested by his wife and his two daughters. We…
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The Delhi Supportive Care Oncology Group (DSCOG) had organized a grand meeting on Friday, 27 May, 2022, to advocate for the integration of Palliative Medicine in oncology. The meeting was aptly themed ‘Integrating Palliative Medicine improves quality of life’. The evening began with a role play ‘Nukkad Naatak‘ on how the integration of palliative medicine improves the quality of life of patients.…
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Webinar on ‘Understanding Women in Sex Work: A First step towards an inclusion in palliative care services’, 2nd June, 2022 The IAPC on collaboration with the Uttara Karnataka Mahila Okkoota and Samraksha, successfully presented a webinar on ‘Understanding Women in Sex Work: A First step towards inclusion in palliative care services’, on Thursday, 2nd June,…
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