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Will the axe fall on another pain-killer?

February 6, 2015

Ketamine is the “poor man’s anaesthetic”. Its side-effects include delirium and hallucination and hence, it is not used much in most of the developed world, [...]

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We demand justice! We have waited long enough.

February 5, 2015

The Rotary Club of Trivandrum and Freemasons Club of Trivandrum, in association with Pallium India, Indian Medical Association Kerala, Indian Society of Anaesthetists Kerala and [...]

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India: first to adapt the Global Monitoring Framework on NCDs

February 4, 2015

A report by the World Health Organization says that “Every year, roughly 5.8 million Indians die from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes. [...]

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Congratulations, Dr Nandini. No one deserves it more!

February 4, 2015

Dr. Nandini Vallath wins the 2015 Cancer Aid Society Palliative Care Award for Excellence and Leadership in the SAARC region for taking away a significant chunk [...]

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Goodbye, Val and Alan, and thank you, Rotarians

February 2, 2015

Along with the members of Rotary Suburban, Trivandrum, Pallium India bids farewell to Val and Alan Philips. Val and Alan have been residents of Trivandrum [...]

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On patient-centred care

January 31, 2015

Dr Mark Boughey, an internationally acclaimed palliative care physician from Melbourne, Australia, and Dr Katherine Pettus, a human rights activist, lawyer and scholar, affiliated to [...]

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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 [...]