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Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation’s 3rd Anniversary
Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation’s 3rd Anniversary Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation (GB) celebrated its 3rd anniversary of service on November 14th, 2021, at Welcom Hotel, Chennai. Special guests for the occasion were: Prof. Dr. S. Elilarasi (Director & Professor, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore), Mr. S. Santhanakrishnan (Founder & Managing Partner, PKF Sridhar & Santhanam, GB’s Patron and sponsor for the function), Dr. Rejiv…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 16
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 16 Topic: Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Research in Palliative Medicine Date: November 8, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Fiona Rawlinson and Dr. Santosh K. Chaturvedi More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian…
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Once a Volunteer, always a volunteer!
Once a Volunteer, always a volunteer! – Mr. Akhil Valsarajan and Ms. Padmaja P. Gopi, Thrissur “Listen with ears of tolerance,see through the eyes of compassion,speak with the language of love.”– Rumi. This message from Rumi resonates with every volunteer at the Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), Thrissur. Through this article, we, Akhil and Padmaja, palliative care volunteers at PPCS, wish to share with you some of the key…
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Successful completion of the ELNEC course by AIIMS, Bathinda
Successful completion of the ELNEC course by AIIMS, Bathinda – Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Gegal Pruthi, Bathinda The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, in collaboration with the End-of-Life Care Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) India, successfully conducted the ELNEC course from Tuesday, 16th November, 2021, to Thursday, 18th November, 2021. The ELNEC project is a national education initiative to improve palliative care and is a partnership between…
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Leveling up the Emotional Quotient: It’s scope in the Technocratic Oncosurgical suite
Leveling up the Emotional Quotient: It’s scope in the Technocratic Oncosurgical suite – Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Nimish Singh, Bathinda The unsettling squeeze of hand and a frantic appeal to “save” her, by a lady about to undergo a hemi-mandibulectomy set an undertone of empathy and sadness in our minds. Her apprehension about who will look after her daughters if she didn’t survive the surgery, was poles apart from…
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The Need and Role of Palliative Care for Diabetic Patients
The Need and Role of Palliative Care for Diabetic Patients – Dr. Anuja Damani (Manipal), Dr. Arun Ghoshal (Toronto) Diabetes is one of the commonest non communicable diseases in India. According to a global survey published in 2019, India ranks 2nd among the countries with highest number of diabetic adults. 77 million people were living with diabetes in India in 2019, which is estimated to increase to 101 million by…
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Gender’s role in disabling help seeking behaviours
Gender’s role in disabling help seeking behaviours – Ms. Keshav Sharma, New Delhi Polarities are abundant in nature: Day & Night, Highs & Lows, Light & Shadow, and so on. They co-exist and beautifully complement each other in what is seen as a grand display of a virtuous balance. One such polarity is that of a Male and a Female, which influences how their roles are divided in our societies.…
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Pages from the Diary of a Palliative Care Counsellor
Pages from the Diary of a Palliative Care Counsellor – Ms. Vandana Mahajan, Mumbai Context: I am a Palliative care counselor and have been counseling cancer patients for over 7 years now. I am associated with a cancer NGO, Cope with cancer-Madat Trust, and currently work at the Thoracic Disease Management Group (DMG) of Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, Mumbai, (TMH) as a volunteer counselor. I would like to share a…
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Palliative care for patients with (COPD) – an essential unmet need
Palliative care for patients with (COPD) – an essential unmet need – Dr. Rajani Bhat, Bengaluru November 17th is observed as World COPD Day around the world in over 50 countries. Clinicians, research professionals and patient advocacy groups come together to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) launched the program in 2002 for knowledge-sharing and to bring together global…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 15
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 15 Topic: Early Disorders of Consciousness Date: November 1, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Prasun P. More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association of Palliative Care with an aim to provide…
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IAPC Academy Online Training Program: Series 3 – Lecture 14
IAPC ACADEMY Lecture Series 3 on Mondays Every Monday from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM. For registration, please send an email to academyiapc@gmail.com Schedule of the program is available for download Here Series 3 – Lecture 14 Topic: Severe Acute Brain Injury (SABI) Date: October 25, 2021.Faculty: Dr. Pallavi More Online Training Program videos IAPC ACADEMY is an initiative by Indian Association of Palliative Care with an aim to provide…
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IAPC’s Election Notification
The elections for the office bearers of IAPC are scheduled to be held virtually between 9 a.m. on Friday, 21st January, 2022, and 9 p.m. on Sunday, 23rd January, 2022. Elections will be held for the following posts: President, IAPC (2022 – 2025) Secretary, IAPC (Secretary Elect from 2022 – 2023; Secretary from 2023 – 2026) Central Council Members (2022 – 2024) North Zone (2 members) North – East Zone…
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