Published on: February 20, 2015

DSCF4975The Pain and Palliative Care Cell of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Kerala, inaugurated its activities for the year at the IMA headquarters in Trivandrum on 17th February 2015, under the leadership of the President, Dr Sreejith N. Kumar.

At the meeting presided over by Dr Uma Mohandas, Dr Lukas Radbruch, President of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), gave the inaugural address.

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Dr Babu Paul IAS, the noted social luminary, thinker and speaker, read out the Kerala declaration, which was adopted by the meeting.

The Pain and Palliative Care Cell will be functioning in collaboration with Pallium India and proposes to have year-long activities, leading to creation of new palliative care units in the state.

One response to ““Access to palliative care is everyone’s right” declares Indian Medical Association, Kerala”

  1. Odette says:
    February 20, 2015 at 10:21 am

    congratulations on achieving another very significant milestone for palliative care in Kerala.
    Odette