Newsletter: May 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, Adversities are a part of one’s life. The human race is designed to overcome these adversities to co-exist and move forward. I feel that choosing the empathetic path, will make one feel more content and resilient to travel through this arduous journey. The heat wave in some…
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Beholden to the humble beginning of Palliative Care in India – Dr. Bidhu K. Mohanti, Bhubaneshwar Oral morphine solution Looking back to make a sense of the Palliative Care community and its activities, can give us all the essence of ownership and agency. At a professional level, to quote from an earlier published article, “In…
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Palliative Care for patients and families living with Hemophilia – Dr. Avinash Tiwari and Dr. Prasad Dange, Raipur Inherited bleeding disorders represent a rare but a challenging area which requires a multi-disciplinary team approach to provide comprehensive patient care. Hemophilia is one such disorder in which Hemophilia A is one of the commonest bleeding disorders…
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An unnoticed collateral damage – Dr. Spandana Rayala, Hyderabad Palliative care is probably the only branch of medicine which includes family members, immediate and extended, in the context of delivering holistic care for a patient. As the science of medicine progressed and health care became more institution centric, the existence of families and it’s dynamics…
Read MoreThe Importance of Being Psychologically Safe at Our Workplace (with due forgiveness from Mr. Wilde) – Dr. Jayita Deodhar, Mumbai The International Labour Organization (ILO) (1) has marked 28th April each year to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Observing this day brings to the forefront our collective responsibility of building a…
Read MoreRegister before 7th May 2022, for Caregiver Saathi’s first cohort of “Practices of Compassionate Caring” program Caregiver Saathi is delighted to announce their first cohort for “Practices of Compassionate Caring”, which is slated to begin on Tuesday, 10th May, 2022. This is a skill building program for those already into caregiving and those who aspire to become professional caregivers. Participation…
Read MoreThe Enable Quality, Improve Patient care (EQuIP) India Program is an immersive mentored experiential training program aimed to build the capacity of palliative clinical teams in healthcare quality improvement. This Quality Improvement immersion training initiative, is a collaboration between the National Cancer Grid (NCG) and the Stanford Healthcare, USA. The program selects institution based teams from oncology and…
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Newsletter: April 2022 Edition From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, I am glad to share with you a few humble yet, key initiatives, sown by the Indian Association of Palliative Care in collaboration with other organizations across India. Such collaborations are a beginning to our arduous journey towards achieving our dream, ‘Palliative Care accessible to…
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Happiness and Palliative Care Ms. R. Vijayalakshmi, Chennai In my personal opinion, “Achievements, goals, fame or fortune may not provide one with true happiness. Lasting happiness is wholly and soley provided only in our mind and heart”. Let me expand on this a bit more with the below article. I met Mr. Raghupathy (name changed),…
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IAPCON 2023 The 30th Annual International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPCON 2023) will be a physical conference at Bengaluru, organised by Karunashraya. The conference is slated to be conducted over two and half days (Friday, 10th, February 2023, to Sunday, 12th February 2023), with pre-conference workshops scheduled for Thursday, 9th February,…
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