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Children’s Palliative Care Projects in Maharashtra and Goa
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 2010 to March 2015, was developed in collaboration with Department for International Development (DfID), Hospice…
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Expanding horizons towards an Independent Living
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 World Youth Skills Day, I would like to present to you a story when we…
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A current update on Children’s Palliative Care in India
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 it began, Joan Marston stated that ‘‘We must never forget the children”, when she started…
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Caring for a paediatric patient: A nurse’s perspective
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 specially drawn towards focusing on, and addressing the ‘empathetic’ medical issues of the child’s family,…
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We cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey!
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 of the disease. The WHO (2018) defines Peadiatric Palliative Care as ‘the prevention and relief…
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Communicating with a Child who is Terminally ill
Communicating 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 children and adolescents with medical illnesses initially as a consultant at the Kings College Hospital,…
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‘SUBHITA’, The Cankids Pediatric Palliative Care Center’s Experience
‘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 Kidscan – National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India (www.cankidsindia.org), the Center was…
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Forgiveness as a Spiritual tool in Palliative Care
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 contact with her son, with whom she shared a fractured relationship due to a trivial…
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Broken crayons colour just as well!
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 distracted. An inquisitive hand was reaching out to play with my car keys on a…
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Improving access to children living with life limiting conditions
Improving access to children living with life limiting conditions; Hyderabad experience – Dr. Gayatri Palat, Dr. Spandana Rayala, Dr. Mohammed Ishak Tayoob, Hyderabad When a child receives a diagnosis of a life limiting condition like Tay-Sachs disease or stage 4 cancer with multiple complications, the family is often left confused, lost and directionless regarding how best to provide care for their ailing child. Most hospitals are geared to deliver acute…
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Let no one ever come to you without leaving Better and Happier!
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier! Q: What motivated you to get involved in palliative care? I was born and raised in a humble household consisting of my parents and three siblings in Hmarkhawlien village of Cachar district, Assam. Despite hailing from a modest background, my mother encouraged me to study and supported me till my 12th standard. Thereafter, in an effort to support…
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IAPC Academy announces the schedule for Online Lecture Series 3
Series 3 commences from 26th July 2021 The much awaited schedule of the IAPC Academy Lecture Series 3 has been announced. The upcoming series is designed to feature three sections; with several sessions being delivered by the MD Palliative Medicine completed students. Series 3 will deliver a total of 24 sessions, every Monday morning, from 26th July, 2021, to 3rd January, 2022. We are delighted to announce that the very…
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