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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
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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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Volunteer Training Programme in Bhubaneshwar
A certificate course for training volunteers in Palliative care was conducted in Bhubaneshwar on 10th and 11th of June, 2018. This is as part of a pilot project initiated by IAPC. The course was conducted by Dr. Sushmita Mohanty. Dr. Abhijith Dam, Dr. Mami Parija and Mr. Subrat Tripathy. This was the second pilot course conducted in Eastern India, the first being conducted at Siliguri.
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Workshop on Palliative Nursing at DDU, New Delhi
A Workshop on Palliative Care Nursing was conducted at DDU Hospital, Delhi on 19the May, 2018. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. A. K. Mehta, Medical Director, presided by Mrs. Saroj Nagar, Deputy Nursing Superintendent. The faculties were Dr. Rathi Balachandran, ADG (Nursing), MHFW, Govt. of India, Mrs.Alice Stella, National Faculty, IAPC, Mrs.Jessy Shaji Paul, AIIMS, Delhi, Dr. C. N. Bhargavi, Faculty, CON, Dr. RMLH, Delhi, Hon. Treasurer, Trained Nurses…
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World Health Day observed at G. B. Pant Hospital in association with IAPC
The Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (G. B. Pant Hospital), Delhi observed World Health Day on 7th April 2018 by conducting a Continuing Nursing Education Programme on PALLIATIVE CARE in the Hospital Auditorium at 11 AM in Association with DNipCare and IAPC. The programme included: 1. Introduction and Need of Palliative Care: Dr. Rathi Balachandran, Assistant Director General (Nursing), Ministry of Health and Family…
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Workshop for volunteers – A pilot project
A workshop for training volunteers primarily, as a part of the pilot project initiated by IAPC was conducted at Siliguri in North Bengal. This was arranged by Dr. Sourav Guha from Medica Oncology Center and conducted by Dr. Abhijit Dam, Secretary, IAPC, and Dr. Priya Khanna, a psychiatrist from UK. The programme had around 87 participants.

















