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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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