World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 2025 – Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care – Dr. Stephen Connor, Virginia, USA This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of World Hospice & Palliative Care Day (World Day). What started as ‘Voices for Hospice’ concerts around the world turned into a day to recognise hospice…
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Unveiling the Unseen: Individual Heroes Abdul Hameed K (Moulana), Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Chair and Founder, Thanal Charitable Organization, Kavaratti, Lakshadweep A pioneer in homebased palliative care services in Lakshadweep, Mr Moulana has mobilized volunteers, doctors and nurses to provision palliative care services in all the remote islands of Lakshadweep. Under his guidance, a Recognized Medical Institute…
Read MoreUnveiling the Unseen: Champion Teams Team Annai Adhuragam Charitable Trust, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu Support Team from Annai Adhuragam Charitable Trust, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu The management of Annai Adhuragam Charitable Trust is proud to celebrate our behind-the-scenes team who are committed towards supporting the center and the patients and their caregivers. Mr Muthu (1st from left) and Mr…
Read MoreUnveiling the Unseen: Spotlighting the Heroes Behind the Scenes! On the occasion of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD), we at the IAPC, wish to spotlight and unveil the backbones of several Palliative Care teams / units who work silently and tirelessly behind the scenes. We wish to broaden the narrative of…
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North Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at AIIMS, New Delhi The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour by the Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi. Keeping in sync with this year’s theme of ‘Leave no one behind’, the core of the…
Read MoreSouth Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysuru, Karnataka The Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) celebrated World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) by hosting a variety of programs to generate awareness about palliative care and to emphasize the WHPCD theme “Leave No One Behind”. A 2 hour…
Read MoreSouth Zone: World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration at Sparsh Hospice, Hyderabad, Telangana In a bid to spread awareness about hospice and palliative care, and to mark the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Sparsh Hospice had organised a series of events to reunite beneficiaries’ families, volunteers, inpatients, homecare patients and staff members by…
Read MoreSouth 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…
Read MoreSouth 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. …
Read MoreSouth 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…
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