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Round-up: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2014
This is a summary of reports received from various locations. Ahmedabad Dr Geeta Joshi Trustees of Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute joined 100 school students, and 50 cancer patients and the members of their families in celebrating World Hospice and Palliative Care Day at the Institute’s Community Oncology Centre, at Vasna, Ahmedabad. The chief guest was Leelaben Zadafiya, a cancer survivor. The dignitaries released book in Gujarati, Cancer mati shake…
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Workshop on research in palliative care
Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust and the Palliative Care Department of Emmanuel Hospital Association is organising a three-day workshop on research in palliative care, in New Delhi, from November 25 to 27, 2014. This workshop will introduce the concepts and skills of research in palliative care and support development of research priorities and initial proposals. Resource persons include Dr Mhoira Leng, Palliative Care Physician, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Dr Chitra…
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Dr. Rohanti Ravikulan Wins Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr. Rohanti Ravikulan has won the Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2016, in the final examination held at Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode on 17th December 2016. Dr. Rohanti has completed MBBS from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore. This examination aims to improve awareness about palliative care among young doctors in India. The winner will be awarded the Bruce Davis Gold Medal,a Citation and a Cash Award of…
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The power of dying amidst love
Cynthia Francis, Pre- Medical Student, Saint Louis University, United States Monsoon season is upon Kozhikode and the sporadic showers of rainfall are unpredictable. The air is so humid, I feel like I am taking gulps of water with each breath of air. As my lungs slowly adjust to the climate, I carefully watch the students, faculty, volunteers and medical professionals of the Institute of Palliative Medicine (IPM) purposefully go about…
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Dr M.R. Rajagopal receives prestigious Human Rights Award for “Extraordinary Activism”
Dr M.R. Rajagopal, Chairman of Pallium India and tireless champion of the rights of palliative care patients in India, has been awarded Human Rights Watch’s Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. Dr Rajagopal received this award in recognition of more than 20 years spent fighting conditions that cause patients to suffer severe pain unnecessarily. Human Rights Watch has honoured Dr Rajagopal “for his efforts to defend the right of…
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Free training programme for doctors and nurses on paediatric palliative care
IAPC’s Children’s Palliative Care (CPC) Project is organising a free four-week training programme on paediatric palliative care for doctors and nurses at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. The three-day contact session from September 29 to October 1, 2014 will be followed by two weeks of home-based case studies and assignments. The last week will be devoted to hands-on training in palliative care at Tata Memorial Hospital and LTMG Hospital, Mumbai and…
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IAPC and ISCCM join hands to achieve excellence in end-of-life care
In a path-breaking partnership, the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) and the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) have joined hands with the objective of achieving excellence in end-of-life care. The integrated care plan, published in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, comes four years after a study of quality of death in 40 countries placed India at the bottom. The 2010 report on this study commissioned…
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IAPC position: We oppose all forms of euthanasia
In response to the Supreme Court’s call for a debate on the issue, IAPC has proclaimed its unambiguous stand on euthanasia. The Indian Association of Palliative Care opposes euthanasia in all its forms. Good symptom control through palliative care can pre-empt the request for euthanasia. Withholding or withdrawing treatment that is medically futile does not amount to euthanasia. The debate on euthanasia or mercy killing has been raging for some…
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Results of June 2014 IAPC Certificate Course
Results of the June 2014 IAPC Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care are announced. Congratulations to all successful candidates! Please collect your certificates and mark lists from your centre after September 20, 2014. Ready to move on to your 10-day hands-on training? As you may know, successful completion of this 10-day training at any recognised palliative care centre is the IAPC-recommended qualification for doctors to apply for the licence…
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Sanjeevani to usher in community-based Palliative Care movement in West Bengal
Saif Mohammed, Institute of Palliative Medicine Over a 1000 trained volunteers have geared up to launch the first-ever community-based palliative care programme in east India, in Nadia district of West Bengal. Named Sanjeevani (“life-giving” in Sanskrit), the programme is set to commence in Krishnanagar, the district headquarters of Nadia and the neighbouring villages of Badkulla, Bagulla, Dignagar, Dogachi, Bahadurpur and Chapra. Sanjeevani has been envisioned by Dr P B Salim,…
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Happy Feet Home is up and running
It has been almost a year and a half since two enthusiastic entrepreneurs from Mumbai in India, Mansi Shah and Abhishek Tatiya, started work on their dream of opening India’s very first children’s hospice. Long days, endless nights, an insane amount of thinking, marathon meetings, shameless networking and countless questioning finally came to fruition on14 August 2014.Yes, Happy Feet Home is up and running! The long wait is over!They welcomed…
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IAPC calls for national policy to attain clinical excellence in end of life care
In its consensus position statement just published in the September-December 2014 issue of the Indian Journal of Palliative Care, the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) has asserted that access to palliative care and end of life care is a human right and that all patients are entitled to a dignified death. It has vowed to involve all stakeholders and create the right environment to develop a nationwide uniform…
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