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Medical Council of India recognizes role of Palliative Care in Pandemics

August 29, 2020

Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Professor – Community Medicine, Pramukh Swami Medical College, Anand, Gujarat writes: The Covid 19 pandemic has changed the world in ways that [...]
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e-Manjuthulli: Online Art Exhibition & Sale to raise funds for children’s education

August 29, 2020

‘Manjuthulli’ art exhibition and sale will be inaugurated by Shri Mammootty Inauguration: 5PM, October 10, 2020 Pallium India organizes its first ever virtual art exhibition [...]
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LIVE discussion: Why we need to talk about Death and Grieving

August 19, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has put death at the forefront but conversations about grief, death or impending death are considered inauspicious in many societies. To promote [...]
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Congratulations, Dr Sushma Bhatnagar and IAPC team

June 29, 2020

An important initiative was launched on 29 June 2020 by the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC). There are three institutions offering a postgraduate degree [...]
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Indian Journal of Palliative Care – Special issue (supplement) in the context of COVID-19

June 29, 2020

Indian Journal of Palliative Care, a journal indexed in PubMed Central and available for free access, has published a supplement dedicated to palliative care in [...]
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Committee for Applied Ethics – for the time being, for COVID times

May 27, 2020

Health care providers cannot shut down services. It is simply unacceptable. As unacceptable as soldiers deserting their posts or the police refusing to work. In [...]
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World Health Assembly (WHA) exhorts all countries to include palliative care in National Covid Response

May 22, 2020

The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of WHO, in their annual meeting on 18 and 19 May 2020, committed governments to deliver palliative [...]
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New definition of palliative care:

May 9, 2020

The official WHO definition of palliative care is 18 years old. Palliative care experts around the world (including 3 Indian members) have come together to [...]
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New Trustees for Pallium India

April 30, 2020

Dr Guruprasad T S A caregiver for wife living with MS and father who passed away due to Parkinsonism and Alzheimer’s for many years, Dr. [...]
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End of Life Policy declared by AIIMS, New Delhi

February 17, 2020

Close on the heels of the “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) guidelines created by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) comes this welcome news. All [...]

End of Life Policy declared by AIIMS, New Delhi