How Palliative Care services can help a paediatric patient and their family: Experiences from an RCC – Dr. Prabha Seshachar, Bengaluru The primary aim of Paediatric Palliative Care is to allow the child to grow and develop through childhood in the face of a serious illness. Pediatric palliative care teams support the child and family…
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Children’s Palliative Care Projects in Maharashtra and Goa – Dr. Pradnya Talawadekar, Mumbai The Children’s Palliative Care Project (CPC), was launched in Maharashtra, in 2010, with National and International Collaboration and was a major breakthrough in the development of Pediatric Palliative Care Projects in India; especially for non-cancer. This five year project, implemented from April…
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Expanding horizons towards an independent living – Ms. Jyothi Jayan Warrier, Kerala At our center, the Pain and Palliative Care Society in Thrissur, we provide Palliative care and supportive care to both cancer and non-cancer patients and their caregivers, through our Out-patient, In-patient, Home care, Hospice, and Physiotherapy and rehabilitation units. On the occasion of…
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A current update on Children’s Palliative Care in India – Dr. Mary Ann Muckaden, Mumbai At the outset, let me emphasise that there is a lot of work going on in India for Paediatric Palliative care (PPC) and I may not do justice to it all, so apologies. As with the branch of Paediatrics when…
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Caring for a paediatric patient: A paediatric palliative care nurse’s perspective – Ms. Anusha Cheekati, Hyderabad It is a well established fact that the patient and the family are considered to be a single unit in palliative care. As a recently practicing paediatric palliative care nurse, I believe that the paediatric palliative care community is…
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We cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey! – Dr. Krithika S. Rao (Shinde), Manipal What is Paediatric palliative Care? Paediatric Palliative Care (PPC) has been identified as a specialized care modality that seeks to improve the quality of life of children living with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, regardless of the stage…
Read MoreCommunicating with a child who is terminally ill Dr. Soumitra Shankar Datta is a senior consultant psychiatrist working in Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, and holds a dual affiliation with UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London. Dr. Datta has a CCT in child psychiatry from the UK and has been working with…
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‘SUBHITA’, The Cankids Pediatric Palliative Care Center’s Experience – Ms. Poonam Bagai, New Delhi Subhita, the Cankids Pediatric Palliative Care Center located in close proximity to AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, is India’s one and only stand-alone Pediatric Palliative Care Center (PPCC) catering to children with childhood cancer malignancies. A vital service of Cankids…
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Forgiveness as a spiritual tool in palliative care – Ms. R. Vijayalakshmi, Chennai A lady in her mid sixties with a diagnosis of advanced cancer, came to our clinic for symptom management. When I enquired about her family, she spoke about her daughters and her son. It was evident that she was yearning to establish…
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Broken crayons colour just as well! – Ms. Lavanya Krishnakumar, Chennai Sahil (name changed) looked at me with a twinkle in his healthy eye; the bandage on his other eye seemed larger than his thin, small face. His mother, delighted at finding someone who could speak her language, was telling me all. But I, was…
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