-
Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses: Amrit Dhara PC Trust, Bhubaneshwar
International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Anjali & Ms. Jayanti (in alphabetical order) Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust, Bhubaneshwar < Back Ms Jayanti and Ms Anjali, have been associated with the Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Center, for the past two years. They are always present for the patients, even when the doctor is unavailable. Patients and their relatives feel at ease under their care. Their work involves…
-
Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses: AIIMS, Raipur
International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Archana Rani, Ms. Manju Lata Toppo & Ms. Verity Kharbudon (in alphabetical order) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur Ms Archana Rani is an Oncology nurse who transformed into a palliative care nursing officer at AIIMS Raipur. She is a trained pain and palliative care nurse. Her area of interest is patient care and education in palliative nursing, communication…
-
Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses: Ms Subadra O
International Nurses Day: Celebrating our Palliative Care Nurses Ms. Subadra O. Soul Palliative Care Team, Chennai < Back Ms Subadra was trained in Palliative Care in 2015. Since then, she joined the founders of Soul Palliative Care to deliver palliative care to the suffering patients in Tamil Nadu. When Soul Palliative Care was registered as a Trust in 2020, she continued to work in the organization as the Lead –…
-
IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 4 – Lecture 11
IAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 11 Lecture Date: 25th April, 2022 Topic: Adjuvant Analgesics 2 Speaker: Dr. Varun Yadav Moderator: Dr. Ravi Umrania The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested to drop us an email at academyiapc@gmail.com along with your name, designation, affiliation, contact number and…
-
Beholden to the humble beginning of Palliative Care in India
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 the 1980s, when I got into oncology, cancer therapies yielded only modest results, and comprehensive…
-
Palliative Care for patients and families living with Hemophilia
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 and is about 5 times more prevelant than Hemophilia B. Spontaneous bleeding is seen in…
-
An unnoticed collateral damage
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 has either fallen out of sight or was left largely unrecognized by the health care…
-
IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 4 – Lecture 10
IAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 10 Lecture Date: 18th April, 2022 Topic: Adjuvant Analgesics 1 (Adjuvants used in neuropathic pain) Speaker: Dr. Krishnapriya V. Moderator: Dr. Saurabh Vig The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested to drop us an email at academyiapc@gmail.com along with your name,…
-
The Importance of Being Psychologically Safe at Our Workplace
The 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 strong culture of safety at work, both physical and emotional. Prevention of accidents and injuries,…
-
Register before 7th May 2022, for Caregiver Saathi’s first cohort of “Practices of Compassionate Caring” program
Register 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 in this program will empower a caregiver to turn their life experiences as a caregiver…
-
Register before 25th April, 2022, to be a part of the EQuIP India Program
The 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 palliative care settings, to offer training via virtual live sessions and individualised mentoring support to improve a quality…
-
IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 4 – Lecture 9
IAPC Academy Lecture Series 4: Palliative Care Drugs Lecture Number: 9 Lecture Date: 11th April, 2022 Topic: Methadone Speaker: Dr. Sachin Ravji Gunde Moderator: Dr. Prasun P. The IAPC Academy’s Online Lecture Series are delivered every Monday between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., via Zoom. Those interested to participate in the sessions, are requested to drop us an email at academyiapc@gmail.com along with your name, designation, affiliation, contact number and an…














