Dr Sreenivasa Surisetty is a palliative care physician in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He took the trouble to undergo training in palliative care and provides free palliative [...]
We are sorry to start this issue with some sad news from our friend and benefactor, Mr Bruce Davis. He wrote to tell us that [...]
Opener… Our medical social worker Aneeja Mariam Joseph recounts this experience that one of our patients with advanced cancer shared with her. The man was [...]
Medical Council of India Approves MD Palliative Medicine! Till now, Palliative Medicine was not approved as a medical specialty by the Medical Council of India [...]
A Carer, Your Support and Forgiveness Last week, “Suma” committed suicide. Suma (not her real name) was a 26 year old postgraduate diploma holder in computer [...]
Dear Friend, The Indian Association of Palliative Care‘s (IAPC) public interest litigation came up for hearing in the Supreme Court of India on 12 November [...]
The Rain Gods Helped Us! Our celebrations for World Palliative Care Day on 9th October 2010 in Trivandrum were a phenomenal success. It was raining cats [...]
SPOTLIGHT… How much progress has palliative care made in India during the last decade? Tremendous, if we count the number of palliative care centres. But then [...]
SPOTLIGHT… It is wonderful to get bouquets; but brickbats help us to improve. We got such an opportunity recently during a support group meeting for [...]
SPOTLIGHT… Being a senior doctor and medical Professor, everyone treated me well and with deference during my cancer treatment. But I still did not get [...]
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