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Access to pain relief is our right!

January 31, 2015

Rotary Club of Trivandrum and Freemasons of Trivandrum (in association with Pallium India, Indian Medical Association Kerala, Indian Association of Palliative Care Kerala and Indian [...]
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Views and attitudes towards sexual functioning in men living with spinal cord injury

January 30, 2015

Falls from trees and from construction sites, road traffic accidents – young people in their prime of life get paralysed for life. Understandably, their life [...]
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Ban on Dextropropoxyphene is unjustifiable

January 30, 2015

It is amazing how much suffering can result from a bureaucratic action that comes out of sheer misunderstanding of facts. The ban on Dextropropoxyphene, taking away [...]
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Martyr to Social Support?

January 27, 2015

Rajesh hopes that someone will come forward to help. Rajesh, who is seen here with his wife Mini and his two children Adityan (2.5 years) and [...]
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Thank you, FOKANA, for your support

January 27, 2015

FOKANA, The Federation of Kerala Associations in North America, had their annual convention at Kottayam on 24 January, 2015. It was a day full of activities. In [...]
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The Governor of Kerala takes one giant step forward

January 25, 2015

Last November, George Thomas and Ashla Rani had approached the Honourable Governor of Kerala, P. Sathasivam, to request his support in making Thiruvananthapuram a wheelchair-friendly [...]
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Happy Birthday, Sarasu

January 24, 2015

When Pallium India’s home care team visits the Cheshire Home at Trivandrum periodically to care for a few of the wheelchair-bound people who reside there, [...]
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Pallium India participates in “Run Kerala Run” at Trivandrum

January 21, 2015

Seven wheelchair-bound people and twenty-five volunteers represented Pallium India in Run Kerala Run on January 20 at Trivandrum, an event organized in support of National [...]
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Obituary: Dr Molly John

January 20, 2015

The formation of the Pain & Palliative Care Society in Calicut in 1993 marked a historical event in health care, starting in Kerala and now [...]
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Pallium India celebrates patients’ day out on Kerala Palliative Care Day

January 16, 2015

On January 15, about 60 patients, who are ordinarily bed-bound or wheelchair-bound, and their families got together at Shankhumugham beach to celebrate the State Palliative [...]