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Inpatient palliative care facility in Hyderabad

July 22, 2013

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad has started a new in-patient/ hospice Centre as an extension of its home care and outreach services. The [...]
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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

July 22, 2013

Liliana De Lima from IAHPC writes to inform us that the World Health Organisation has published a revised model list of essential medicines. IAHPC had [...]
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Lancet Oncology writes on India’s dextropropoxyphene ban

July 7, 2013

Dr Dinesh Sharma, writing in Lancet Oncology reports on India’s ban on Dextropropoxyphene. Please see… India urged to reverse dextropropoxyphene ban Dinesh C Sharma; Lancet [...]
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Obituary: Professor Geoffrey Warren Hanks

July 5, 2013

The international palliative care community is saddened to hear of the death of Professor Geoffrey W Hanks, Professor Emeritus of Bristol University, on 27 June [...]
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Hearty congratulations, Zippy.

July 4, 2013

Dr Zipporah Ali (Zippy to her friends), the palliative care pioneer from Kenya has been awarded a honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University! Please read more [...]
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The empathy-discrimination connection

July 1, 2013

Would you think that the Adivasi (tribal person) who is used to a lot of hardships in his life would require less pain medication than [...]
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Because we love Nelson Mandela

June 30, 2013

Nelson Mandela seems to be close to death.  He has given us all so much; we all wish him well. Would you wish or pray [...]
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Rest in peace, Baby

June 27, 2013

Ms Baby died very early in the morning on 16 June 2013. She was one of our patients. She was also one of our volunteers. [...]
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European Union (EU) fines 9 drug companies 146 million Euros for Blocking Cheaper Drugs

June 26, 2013

As if to underline our points about the Indian ban on Dextropropoxyphene, nine drug manufactuers were fined a total of 146 million euros  by EU [...]
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Hurray: A great step forward in Maharashtra

June 26, 2013

Maharashtra becomes the second state in India to have its own palliative care policy. Congratulations, Dr M A Muckaden, Dr Priya Kulkarni and all palliative [...]


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