From The President’s Desk It has been two months since I took charge as presidentship of our esteemed organization- The ‘Indian Association of Palliative care’. I feel delighted that with efforts of all the stalwarts of Palliative Medicine, we could achieve the following by meticulous follow up in just two months, which I promised as…
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A community sensitization programme for palliative care workers in Mussoorie, was conducted by Dr. Divya Mishra, an alumni of the NFPM program of Palliative Medicine and consulting physician at LBSNAA, Mussoorie, where the book was first introduced in English. As many volunteers in Northern India are not well versed in English so, the need to…
Read MoreINTEGRATING PALLIATIVE MEDICINE INTO MBBS UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM From 2019 onwards, the MCI has revised the MCI curriculum and has introduced several new topics relating to palliative medicine. It has introduced an entirely new section called AETCOMS (Attitude, Ethics and Communication) which has aspects related to principles and practice of palliative care. The topics relate to…
Read MoreThe President’s address My passion to address pain of patients has motivated me to do more and I learnt Palliative Medicine. The journey of 20 years in Palliative Medicine was full of challenges, opportunities and satisfaction. I understand IAPC membership has given me a big responsibility with full confidence that I will be able to…
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IAPCON 2020 website is functional: www.iapcon2020guwahati.in (old website is defunct). As The Filmfare awards are going to be conducted on 15th Feb 2020, in Guwahati, all the hotels will be booked. Therefore we request all the delegates to book their hotels for accommodation, before 15th Nov’19. Kindly contact Mr. Anand Das for bookings…
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Workshop on Re-exploring Spirituality in Palliative Care Date: 3rd and 4th May, 2019 Venue: Prof. Rustam Choksi Auditorium, 2nd floor, GJB, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012. Speakers: Dr. Christina Puchalski Dr. Santosh Chaturvedi Dr. Suhita Chatterjee Dr. Soumitra Dutta Dr. Nagesh Simha Dr. Abhijit Dam Registration is free…
Read MoreDr. Abhinav Singh, IAPC Central Council member and an experienced palliative care physician, has contributed to the ‘Lexicon’, 24th Edition, ‘The cloak that matters’, in the section ‘Diverging Roads’ which is dedicated to the Deptt. of Palliative Care,CMC, Vellore. CAREER IN PALLIATIVE CARE: THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE – TIME TO RECKON Dr. Abhinav Singh,…
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Inaugural Ceremony of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Department, GNRC Group of Hospitals In association with Indian Association of Palliative Care, Guwahati, Assam The GNRC Group of Hospitals have initiated the Pain and Palliative Care Department in Guwahati on 10th of November 2018. The department will be headed by Dr. Kalpajit Dutta, MD Anaesthesia &…
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A report by Mr. Suresh Thalirayil, IAPC CC member The DNipCare Team met Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Honourable Union Minister of State for Defence, Government of India on 08th January 2019 with the following request: a) Ministry of Defence to set up Palliative Care Units as in the case of Base Hospital, Delhi, using the…
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Charter of Patients’ Rights for adoption by NHRC Patients’ rights are Human rights! Preamble The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) emphasizes the fundamental dignity and equality of all human beings. Based on this concept, the notion of Patient Rights has been developed across the globe in the last few decades. There is a growing…
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