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Opening of a Palliative Day Care Centre for the Senior Citizens | May 20, 2017
Hope for senior citizens – Nurse Assisted Palliative Day Care Centre for the Elderly opened Anwar Memorial Pain and Palliative Care Society marks another milestone in its pursuit of patient care. Mr. A Veeran Pillay, Octogenarian and Managing Trustee, Aminumma Hydrose Dr. Nafeesa Beevi Charitable Trust, planted a sapling at the premises to mark the opening of Anwar Memorial Nurse Assisted Palliative Day Care Centre for the Elderly at West…
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Jhargram… A promise!
Jhargram… A small sleepy town about 38km from Kharagpur. It is popular for its Sal forests… a place called Salboni. It’s a small Railway Station, crowded with villagers, carrying their massive loads of fresh vegetables, fish and poultry for sale in larger cities of Kolkata and Tata, and their unique ways of hanging their loads onto the window railings of the local trains using hooks, was a humbling sight. This…
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Using WhatsApp for palliation in resource poor settings
Palliation and WhatsApp Irfan is barely 18 and very angry… for life has been very unkind to him. His osteosarcoma has recurred with a large solid metastasis in his chest… he is now having trouble in breathing and can barely walk a few steps before he gets breathless. He hails from Gumla in Jharkhand and has to travel a good 160 km to our hospice. He is very anxious and…
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‘Mathura Declaration’ for ensuring humane care
Representatives from the IAPC, ISCCM & the Indian association of Neurology met together at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh on 29th and 30th April, 2017. They were able to bring out a document called the ‘Mathura Declaration‘ for ensuring Humane care at the End of life. These suggestions will be forwarded to the Government of India.
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Programme held at Aluva in Earnakulum District of Kerela, by IAPC, Kerela
Annual Meeting Of Palliative Care Volunteers held in April 2017, in Aluva district, Kerela, by IAPC and NGO. “The rights of the senior citizens should be protected”, Mr. P. K. Haneefa, (Retd. Judge) Chairman, Kerala State Minority Commission, exhorted the delegates who attended the two day Kerala State Meet of Palliative Care Volunteers on 8th and 9th April 2017, at the Viswadeepthi Public School, Chirayam, Aluva, Kerala. He…
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World Lymphedema Day | March 6, 2017
On the occasion of The World Lymphedema Day on March 6 this year, a seminar was organised on recognition and management of Lymophedema at AIIMS in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. This was organised by the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care, AIIMS, under the guidance of Prof. Sukhdev Nayak, and IAPC. The Secretary of Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), Dr. Abhijit Dam and the Central Council member from East Zone,…
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One Day Seminar
A one day Seminar on ‘Role of Spirituality & religiosity in end of life‘ will be held on 3rd September at the Secretariat in Bokaro, Jharkhand. The details will be put up shortly.
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Central Council Meeting
The next Central Council meeting will be held on 2nd & 3rd September, 2017 at the Secretariat in Bokaro, Jharkhand.
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Caregiver Support Programme | January 16, 2017
Is our care complete, when in oncology clinics we mostly focus on patient’s disease, treatment and prognosis and not on the person who is the patient’s backbone and support system? The caregiver ? She/ he comes regularly to the clinic with hope- frustration, suppressed emotions- anger, pseudo active-tired : they are all sincere caregivers who accompany our patients every day In order to support the informal caregiver the Department of…
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IAPCON 2017
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International Collaborative foundation course draws action plan for best care of the dying
Dr Stanley Macaden, IAPC Lead, Project India of the International Collaborative In association with Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC), the International Collaborative for Best Care for the Dying Person conducted a foundation course at Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH), from January 11 to 13, 2016. There were 30 participants from 16 palliative care centres from various parts of India. Prof John Ellershaw, Chair, International Collaborative and Dr Susie Wilkinson, Liaison…
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Two hands of care come together for better end-of-life care
In the first-ever partnership of its kind, the specialities of critical care and palliative care joined hands on the occasion of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, 2014 and vowed to work together for excellence in end-of-life care. “Together we choose”, the joint campaign of IAPC and the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) augurs well for the global movement to return control of a good death to the…
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