This year, the annual conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) was held at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. IAPC Conferences have always been influential in [...]
Several people have been asking us for a copy of the NDPS amended Act. Unfortunately it is not a document in public domain yet. Once [...]
An article by C.Maya in “The Hindu” answers many frequently asked questions about the recent amendment of the NDPS Act of India. It highlights the [...]
Dr Jeremy Johnson, palliative care consultant from the UK, takes over as Medical Director of Alpha Palliative Care in Edamuttam, Thrissur District, Kerala. Jeremy will [...]
Please watch this. Thank you, CBN-IBN for giving attention to this issue and supporting us all the way and thank you Shambhu for sharing it [...]
Honestly, we find it difficult to believe that it has happened. But at about 5.35 PM on 21 February 2014, the Rajya Sabha, the upper [...]
Hurray! We did it. India did it. Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament) has passed the amendment of the infamous Narcotic Drugs [...]
Maharashtra is the only state other than Kerala to have a palliative care policy. It desperately needs amendment of the narcotics act. See the article [...]
With only a few days more of the Indian Parliament session during the term of the current Government, we have by no means given up [...]
This year’s recipient of the annual palliative care award of the Cancer Aid Society is Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, head of Palliative Medicine at AIIMS, New [...]
