Community participation and empowerment is an important best buy for achieving equitable, people-led health care and palliative care.
The National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC) of Government of India, in a massive fast-pace effort has created training materials to reach 50,000 family wellness centres at the national level.
Dr. Sushma Bhatnagar has been re-elected as Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) President. Dr. Savita Butola, Chief Medical Officer in North Tripura Border Security Force, has been re-elected Secretary while Dr. Deepa Kerketta Khurana, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi has been elected Treasurer.
Currently there is no State Palliative Care Policy in Nagaland but it is encouraging to see that a group of committed palliative care doctors have come together to provide palliative care services using the locally available resources. Report by Pallium India's State Facilitation team.
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Pallium India - the year that was 2021. The achievements, the milestones, the little steps we took as a team, in our mission to alleviate health related suffering.
Pallium India’s new theme song was introduced as part of its 18th anniversary events, on December 15, 2021.
Janam TV honored Pallium India's Chairman, Dr M R Rajagopal with their "Janam Social Responsibility award" on 29 December at Thiruvananthapuram. Dr Rajagopal received the award from the Honorable Governor of Kerala Shri Arif Mohammed Khan.
Dilasa palliative care centre Ponda, Goa, bags awards.
Dr Zinia Najum from the department of Community Medicine at Government Medical College, Kollam, and colleagues have published this study on pain relief with local anesthetics in the needed protective injections following animal bites.