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Report from Palliative Care centers in Kerela
Alpha Palliative Care Teams in all 17 Centres were asked to use the occasion to conduct programmes to enhance awareness about palliative care and end of life care, involving students of their respective geographic area. Most of the centres conducted Walkathons. Thrissur Hospice conducted a fund-raising programme on the previous night (12th October). One Link Centre (Kodungallur) was gifted with 10 cents of land in a function by…
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 13th Oct 2018: Report by IAPC Zonal Members
DNipCare celebrated World Hospice & Palliative Care Day on 13th October 2018 in Kerala Club, M-67, Connaught Place, New Delhi. The program started with a session on Comprehensive Breast Cancer Awareness taken by Dr. Anita Khokhar, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi along with Dr. Rajni Mutneja, Shanti Avedna Sadan, New Delhi. The NSS Volunteers of SRCC, Delhi University and the Psychology students from Jamia Millia…
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Request to Chief Minister and Health Minister NCT Delhi
Request send to Chief Minister and Health Minister NCT Delhi to announce a Government Policy on Palliative care The copy of the application handed over to Shri Arvind Kejriwal, CM, NCT of Delhi on 12th October 2017 has been handed over to Shri Satyendra Jain, Minister for Health, NCT of Delhi today, 11th October 2018. DNipCare has raised the following 5 points for consideration by the Government of NCT of…
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Workshop with College of Nursing, Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi
Palliative Care – An Update Workshop for Nursing Students of College of Nursing, Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi By DNipCare on 13th October 2018 Prof. Dr. Raminder Kalra, Principal, College of Nursing, Holy Family Hospital inaugurated the workshop. The faculties from DNipCare disseminated on the subjects as under: Professional Self Care for Nurses: Mr. Rathish Nair, Secretary, Indian Nursing Council, Delhi. Pain Management in Cancer for Nurses: Dr. Puneet Rathore…
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World Hospice & Palliative Care Day – 2018: A Report
Department of Palliative Medicine, and Community Oncology center & Hospice, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad celebrated World Hospice & Palliative Care Day – 2018 on 13 Oct 2018, in Hospice premises. A “Colostomy Care Workshop” was arranged on the occasion. 50 Colostomy patients with caregivers participated in this workshop. They shared their experiences and views with each other. They underwent check up by Onco-surgeon and Ostomy Care…
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World Hospice and Palliative care day observed on 13th Oct ’18
Report by IAPC Zonal members Palliative care day was celebrated amidst enthusiasm at the Sacred Heart Palliative Care Center. A seminar was organized, nearly 30 college students, who had no idea of Palliative care participated. Dr. Dinesh Chandra Goswami & Dr. Sanghamitra Bora conducted the seminar on awareness on Palliative care. Sister ANCY co ordinated the event. Meeting ended with music and dance by patients and others. There…
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WORLD HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE DAY, 13th OCTOBER 2018
THEME: ‘BECAUSE I MATTER’ World Hospice and Palliative Care day is observed this year,2018, with the theme ‘Because I matter’ .This theme has been choosen following an open consultation with people directly affected by serious illness, WHPCA members , supporters, global and hospice palliative care advocates. The theme centers on the lived experiences of people affected by serious illness, the most aspect that matters and the often overlooked financial impact…
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NIRMALA PALLIATIVE CARE CENTRE ALL SET FOR ITS TAKE OFF
Nirmala Palliative Care Centre – a Division of Health Care Charitable Society – is all set for its take off at the 24 cents of land at Vadavucode, near Kolenchery in Ernakulam District, Kerala, for its outpatient, inpatient and home care units. The 15000 sq ft ground floor with 6 cubicles is ready to receive the inpatients. The other two storeys are in their advanced stages of construction. …
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IAPC conducts 1 day awareness programme at CIHSR, Nagaland: A report
One Day Palliative Care Awareness Program at CIHSR, Nagaland With the aim to educate and bring awareness to the masses, a One Day Palliative Care awareness program was organized by the Palliative Care Team of Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR), Dimapur on the 28th of September 2018 at CIHSR Campus. This program was sponsored by the Indian Association of Palliative Care. The day’s event started…
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Palliative Care Awareness in Dimapur, Nagaland: An IAPC Initiative
Indian Association of Palliative Care is organising a Palliative Care Awareness program in Dimapur, Nagaland on Friday, September 28, 2018. The venue for this awareness program will be Christian Institute of Health Sciences, Diphupar, Dimapur.
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Implementation of Supreme Court Judgment
Implementation of Supreme Court Judgment on Advance Medical Directives In keeping with the right to Privacy the Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment for patients facing terminal illness. Such patients and their families are often subjected to unwanted medical interventions that serve only to render the dying process agonizing. Medical ethics and standards in such circumstances involve offering the choice of withholding or withdrawing such interventions while shifting the…
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Day long Continuing Nursing Education
The Day long Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) with the theme of Palliative Care was conducted by the administrative authority of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital at Sector 6, Rohini, in Delhi in association with DNipCare on Saturday, 7th July 2018. The CNE was inaugurated by Dr. Shakti Sharma, Additional Medical Superintendent and presided over by Mrs. Satnam Kaur, Deputy Nursing Superintendent and coordinated by Mr. Sujeesh S, President and Mr.…
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