A current update on Children’s Palliative Care in India – Dr. Mary Ann Muckaden, Mumbai At the outset, let me emphasise that there is a lot of work going on in India for Paediatric Palliative care (PPC) and I may not do justice to it all, so apologies. As with the branch of Paediatrics when…
Read MoreCaring for a paediatric patient: A paediatric palliative care nurse’s perspective – Ms. Anusha Cheekati, Hyderabad It is a well established fact that the patient and the family are considered to be a single unit in palliative care. As a recently practicing paediatric palliative care nurse, I believe that the paediatric palliative care community is…
Read MoreWe cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey! – Dr. Krithika S. Rao (Shinde), Manipal What is Paediatric palliative Care? Paediatric Palliative Care (PPC) has been identified as a specialized care modality that seeks to improve the quality of life of children living with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, regardless of the stage…
Read MoreCommunicating with a child who is terminally ill Dr. Soumitra Shankar Datta is a senior consultant psychiatrist working in Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, and holds a dual affiliation with UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London. Dr. Datta has a CCT in child psychiatry from the UK and has been working with…
Read More‘SUBHITA’, The Cankids Pediatric Palliative Care Center’s Experience – Ms. Poonam Bagai, New Delhi Subhita, the Cankids Pediatric Palliative Care Center located in close proximity to AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, is India’s one and only stand-alone Pediatric Palliative Care Center (PPCC) catering to children with childhood cancer malignancies. A vital service of Cankids…
Read MoreForgiveness as a spiritual tool in palliative care – Ms. R. Vijayalakshmi, Chennai A lady in her mid sixties with a diagnosis of advanced cancer, came to our clinic for symptom management. When I enquired about her family, she spoke about her daughters and her son. It was evident that she was yearning to establish…
Read MoreBroken crayons colour just as well! – Ms. Lavanya Krishnakumar, Chennai Sahil (name changed) looked at me with a twinkle in his healthy eye; the bandage on his other eye seemed larger than his thin, small face. His mother, delighted at finding someone who could speak her language, was telling me all. But I, was…
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One step at a time: The story of a cancer survivor – Ramalakshmi V., Stella Matthew, Aneka Paul, Chennai Sarita (name changed) is a very smart and young girl, who lives with her mother and older sister. Her mother became the sole breadwinner of the family after she was deserted by her husband. One fine…
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Globally, Father’s day is celebrated on June 20 to celebrate, recognize and honour fathers’, father figures, paternal bonds and the role of fathers’ in the society. We chose to honour fathers’ and the paternal bond that palliative care professionals so often share with their patients while caring for them by bringing to you Mr. Lakshminarayanan’s…
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Mother’s day 9th May The World celebrates Mother’s Day on 9th May each year, with renewed enthusiasm, grandeur and gratitude. Our Social media networks, the commercial ads and every other platform get flooded with portraits of a ‘Mother’ and enlists her various attributes and virtues of unconditional love, sacrifice, patience, heroic, suffering and many more……
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