South Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Shihab Thangal Center for Humanity, Bengaluru and Kodagu, Karnataka The Shihab Thangal Center for Humanity (STCH), Bengaluru, celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by officially inaugurating the Palliative Home Care Unit of STCH on 9th October 2021, despite the center providing services for the…

South Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Pookoya Thangal Hospice, Calicut, Kerala The Pookoya Thangal Hospice has been functional since August 2020 and is headquartered near the Govt.  Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode. We celebrated this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day at various centres by organizing different patient centered programs.  …

South Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Pallium India, Trivandrum, Kerala Pallium India celebrated this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on 9th October, by organizing a get-together of patients, caregivers, family members, volunteers, staff and well-wishers. Every year during the pre-covid era, these events were conducted at beautiful locations such…

South Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation commemorated this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) by conducting an online poster competition (following this year’s WHPCD theme) to create awareness about Palliative Care. Entries were received…

South Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu The Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai celebrated the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by conducting the ELNEC (End-of-life-care Nursing Education Consortium) program on Paediatric palliative care for Nurses across the State. The 3 day offline (physical) program…

East Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute and Ruma Abedona Hospice,Kolkata, West Bengal The Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) and the Ruma Abedona Hospice, Kolkata, jointly celebrated the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) by organizing an awareness program about palliative care for health professionals, patients and…

East Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust, Bhubaneswar, Odisha The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day was observed by the Amrit Dhara Palliative Care Trust, Bhubaneswar, at the Auditorium Building Institute of Life Sciences. Dr. Lalatendu Sarangi, Director, Acharya Harihar Post-Graduate Institute of Cancer, Cuttack, graced the…

East Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, Chhattisgarh, celebrated this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care (WHPCD) by conducting a training program for doctors and nurses and by organizing a quiz competition.  Over 100 Doctors and Nurses participated in the…

East Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at AIIMS, Patna, Bihar AIIMS Patna celebrated this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by organising academic and sensitization programmes for the Institute’s faculty and students at the Institute’s auditorium. A panel discussion (which included select speakers from Radiation Oncology, Anesthesiology, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology…

East Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Acharya Harihar Postgraduate Institute of Cancer, Cuttack, Odisha The Acharya Harihar Postgraduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC), celebrated the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) with pump and show. The WHPCD event was organized in collaboration with three other centers from Bhubaneswar, the Bagchi-Karunashraya Palliative…