Dr. 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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Objectives Fellowship in Palliative Care is an advanced course run by the Institute of Palliative Medicine, India in partnership with Sanjeevan Palliative Care Project, Pondicherry, India and St Christopher’s Hospice, London, United Kingdom. The six- month course is designed as a distance education program with contact sessions based on principles of adult learning. This Fellowship…
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IAPCON’19 Kochi, 7th February Pre-conference workshops: Programme Pre-conference workshop general guidelines. Please register separately for pre-conference online iapconkochi2019.com The number of participants for each workshop are given under each workshop details. The registration fee for pre-conference workshop: Doctors: Rs 500 Nurses and volunteers: Rs 300 The last date for registration is 31/12/2018
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DNipCare (Delhites’ National Initiative in Palliative Care) conducted a Workshop for the Nursing fraternity including Nursing Students of Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt., on Saturday, 24th November 2018 in Nalanda Auditorium of the Hospital. Lectures delivered by Faculties included: Introduction and Need of Palliative Care: Dr. Rathi Balachandran, ADG (Nursing), MoHFW, Govt. of India.…
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The new office, which is of 5,000 sq. feet of prime property, is adjacent to the Gomati River. It boasts of a proper reception, a front office and room for visitors. Cancer Aid Society has branches in many cities including Delhi and Kolkata. In addition to providing Palliative care services, running a free Homeopathic clinic,…
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SANMAN is a registered Society, an organisation of volunteers in Bangalore to promote and help in Palliative Care. Training of volunteers in palliative care has been an emphasis right from its inception in 2014. The trained volunteers help in institutions which provide a palliative care service. More details on SANMAN are available at www.sanman.org. IAPC…
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DELHI DECLARATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE 25 February 2018 – New Delhi Background: With the objective of improving palliative and end of life care for older people, the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), invited representatives of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics (IAG), Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Society…
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