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Volunteer Training Programme kickstarts in Bihar
A Certificate course for community volunteers in Palliative Care was conducted on 6th and 7th July 2019 at Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre,Patna, under IAPC. This curriculum was inaugrated by Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar, President, IAPC. This course was coordinated by Dr. Rita Rani, Palliative care Incharge at MCSRC. Thirty candidates from different walks of life participated for community volunteers training programme. A pre-test was taken before the start of…
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IAPC Pilot Project: ‘AYUSH-PC Bridging Gaps’
AYUSH-PC Bridging Gaps Proposed to be held on 25th August, 2019 at Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari. Indian Association of Palliative Care in collaboration with “HeIpers of Mary” – Mother Anna palliative Care Centre organizes a national workshop on ‘AYUSH – PC Bridging Gaps‘: iapcayush2019 A National Workshop Palliative Care — AYUSH Integration A Group discussions on the theme ‘Identifying areas of mutual interest – The Way Forward‘ by Presenters from AYUSH and…
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Volunteer Training Programme in the North East
More than 40 volunteers were imparted training in palliative care on 23rd and 24th May, 2019 at State Cancer Institute, GMC, Assam by Dr. Dinesh Chandra Goswami, Dr. Kabindra, Dr. Sabitri, Dr. Kalpajit as faculties from SCI and Dr. Arun Deka as coordinator.
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Nurses Week Celebration 2019: Symposium on Palliative Care
As part of the “Nurses Week Celebration 2019”, DNipCare conducted a “Symposium on Palliative Care” by way of Continuing Nursing Education for the Nursing Officers of Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Government of NCT Delhi, Khichripur, Delhi, on 8th May 2019. Dr. Anjana Saxena (Ex-Deputy Commissioner, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), Sr. Hanife Mac Gamwell (Palliative Care Nurse Specialist), and K. V. Hamza (General Secretary, DNipCare) conducted the campaign. Ms.…
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Cancer awareness and palliative care Sensitization Campaign
The DNipCare (Delhites’ National Initiative in Palliative Care) held a Cancer Awareness & Palliative Care Sensitization Campaign at the St. Basil Church, Sector 3, Rohini, Delhi on 5th May 2019. Rev. Father Bineesh Babu inaugurated the Campaign. The following esteemed persons consucted the campaign: Dr. Anjana Saxena (Ex-Deputy Commissioner, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), Dr. Sindhu Sunil Nair (Onco-Radiologist & Palliative Care Specialist, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Research Institute, Rohini,…
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IAPC Volunteer Training Programme
IAPC Volunteer Training Programme Report by Mr. Radhakrishnan Menon Training for community volunteers spreads wings in Tamil Nadu PG Scholars, Medical Officers and Assistant Professors of Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, Kulasekharam volunteered to attend the 16 hour training programme for community volunteers recognized by Indian Association of Palliative Care held at Mother Anna Palliative Care Centre, Nagacode, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. 21 scholars attended the training programme. The programme…
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Hindi version of Palliative workbook of carers
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 translate it in Hindi was felt. With the encouragement of Dr. Suresh Kumar, IPM, Calicut,…
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Kochi Home Care Experience
A Testimony from a delegate on Kochi Home Care Experience 4th to 7th February 2019 were allotted for Kochi Home Care Experience as one of the Pre-Conference workshops organized in connection with IAPCONKochi2019 – the 26th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care. More delegates chose to accompany the home care teams of various palliative care units to have first-hand-knowledge about the magic behind the Kerala Model of Home…
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CHWs Training on Palliative care
CHWs Training on Palliative care A new initiative at Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata An eight weeks course has been designed for Community Health Workers with hands on training by the Palliative Care Department of Saroj Gupta Cancer Center and Research institute, Kolkata, India. The objective of the program was to develop knowledge and practical skills in domiciliary palliative care for CHWs which will piggy-back on…
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World Kidney Day: March 14th
World Kidney Day: March 14th Report by Mr. Suresh T. P., Zonal member, IAPC On the occasion of World Kidney Day, the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Mangolpuri, Delhi in association with DNipCare held a Symposium on Palliative Care at 1.30 PM on Thursday, 14th March 2019. Dr. Renu Manchanda, Training Coordinator of the hospital presided over the function. The speakers were:Dr. Anjana Saxena, Deputy Commissioner (Retd.), Ministry of Health &…
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IAPCON 2019, Aluva, Kochi: From the Organising Secretary’s desk
We started the conference activities an year ago; but with a difference While reporting the conduct of IAPCONKochi2019 – the 26th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care – held from 8th February 2019 at AELI Hills, Keezhmadu, Aluva, Kerala, India, we have a different story to share. The Conference theme was “Voices in Palliative Care, Ensuring Quality, Creating Solutions. The registration of delegates was launched at AIIMS, Delhi…
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IAPC Annual Conference, IAPCON 2020
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 at low rate. (Mob: 9864045457) The IAPC Annual Conference, IAPCON 2020 The 27th International Conference…
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