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…

North Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by conducting a half-day CME program for Postgraduate, Undergraduate students and by organising an awareness programs for the general community regarding palliative…

North Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Vanaprastha Dignity Trust, Hissar, Haryana The Vanaprastha Dignity Trust, Hissar, commemorated this year’s World hospice and palliative care day by launching a book on ‘Palliative care and Elders Health’, written in Hindi.   The book consists of five sections: i) the concept of palliative care,ii)…

North Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi The Department of Palliative Medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, celebrated the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by organizing lectures, a symposium, a panel discussion and various other events. Over  100 delegates representing Hospital Trustees, Management and Administration,…