Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A sad demise

My dear Friends,

We are deeply bereaved to inform all of you that our patient Mr. Kamal Singh has expired today i.e., 22.12.2009 morning at 5.00 AM. DNipCare condoles his sad demise and wishes his family members enough strength and courage to cope up with their loss.

with regards,


k.v. hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

DNipCare

Palliative Care Volunteers Monthly Review Meeting

Dear Friends,

Monthly Review Meeting of Palliative Care Volunteers and well wishers of DNipCare will be held on 12th December 2009 (Second Saturday) at 4.00 PM in Delhi Malayali Association (DMA)’s Cultural Centre, Institutional Area, Sector 4, RK Puram, New Delhi.

We are well aware that the venue is little away from central locality, not connected by Delhi Metro and hence a little inconvenient to reach.

But dears, after all this is a Palliative Care work and it is expected that we shall be able to bear with our personal inconveniences and will try to attend the meeting in the interest of every ailing patient, who has a right of this care from You, me and the society we live in.

Hope to see you all in the meeting.

With warm regards,

kv hamza,
General Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

NB:
DMA Hall is situated in R K Puram Sector 4 on the outer Ring Road side , opposite Munirka Village. (near HDFC,SYNDICATE BANK, INDIAN DAIRY ASSOCIATIOPN & EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE)

Bus routes connecting Munirka/RK Puram Sector 4 are Outer Mudrika (both directions), 680 - Kendriya Terminal to Khan Pur, 615 - Minto Rd to JNU, 621- ISBT to Munirka, 448 - Punjabi Bagh to Hamdard, 511- Doula Kuan to Badarpur, 623- Vasant Vihar to Shahdra, 764- Najafghar/Dwaraka to Nehru place, 578- Najafgarh to Safderjung Trml, 620- CP to IIT, 604- ND Rly Stn to Vasant Kunj (getdown at Vasant Vihar Depot/Munirka).

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

DNipCare got registered on 25.11.2009

My dear friends,

I am very much happy to share the information that our DNipCare (Delhites’ National Initiative in Palliative Care) has been got registered today with Registration Number S-67554/2009 under Societies Registration Act 1860. Though it may not be a very big thing it is definitely like the day of a child’s first step while starting to walk. So now the onus lies on all of us to carry forward this initiative to a logical standing where we shall be able to at least reduce the pains and provide a quality of life to all ailing patients suffering from long term and life limiting diseases.

With warm regards,

kv hamza
General Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

Sunday, November 22, 2009

DNipCare- Rehabilitation Prgram

DNipCare trying to rehabilitate the family of a patient
with a Sewing Machine

On a cold Sunday morning, with a recalcitrant sun playing a game of celestial hide and seek, the hustle and bustle in Pragati maidan in Delhi, currently playing host to the International Trade Fair is in full swing. However, for the volunteers of DNipCare, it is just yet another weekend to visit their enlisted ailing patients. The vehicle of one of the volunteers carrying four of them is headed to a dingy flat near Khadde vale masjid in Gautam Vihar at Tisri Pushta of Yamuna River. Imran Ahmed*, suffering from Cancer and prostate enlargement lives in a rented one room accommodation with two young unmarried daughters; forced to discontinue their education and his wife. Cycle rickshaws and thelas seldom give way to mechanized vehicles in these crowded narrow bylines, but the indomitable spirit of the volunteers is raring to do something different from their daily chores of livelihood. The four volunteers could not have been a greater study in contrasts: From one doing the job of advising his department under Government of India on its economic policies and programmes to a successful businessman managing his own establishment throughout the week while the third does the nitty gritty of the accounts and programmes in Central Government with the fourth being a qualified allopathic doctor utilizing his weekend holiday and rather enjoying in making it also a day to be with patients for mitigating their pains and problems. The common binding link that all four shares is the Palliative training they obtained on the same lines of rendering this care in Kerala for ailing patients suffering from long term or life limiting diseases. The car came to a screeching halt as a sewer stretched across the road is gaping open and there was hardly any space for a four wheeler to pass through. There was still over a mile of potholed, broken roads left to be covered to reach the residence of Imran Ahmed. The weighty issue was hardly given a thought before a quick decision to move the vehicle to another byline was taken, and we began to wend our way towards our destination, but it was not easy at all. The sewing machine, part of the rehabilitation package for the family of Imran Ahmed from DNipCare, was also to be carried along. It was a collaborative effort with the volunteers carrying the weighty machine in turns, all the way to meet with the wonderfully delighted smiles of the Ahmed family. DNipCare was finding a solution to the family’s immediate requirements of livelihood and thereafter to ponder over the ways and means to continue the education of his daughters after addressing the disease Ahmed is suffering from. The journey was not ending there, but next destination was a more distant Rohini residence of Mrs. Rema Mukherjee*, another cancer patient. The psycho-social and medical support under Palliative Care continues unabated on Saturdays and Sundays for the teams under DNipCare irrespective of the distance they have to traverse in this metropolitan city Delhi. Team combination and patients differ, but the focus of all remains the same; provide a possible quality life to the patients at their residences. Every volunteer has now realized that sympathy is not enough, but active thinking and action to make a difference in the lives of the hapless patients are the planks of Palliative Care discipline. The mission continues for the volunteers in every form whether it is carrying rice and wheat flour bags along with other provisional items to the deserving patients’ homes or taking the patients to the hospitals, diagnostic centers, providing medicines and required psycho social support by taking the active role as their own kith and kin to care.
(*Names of Patients changed to hide their identity)

kv hamza
Gen. Secretary

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Palliative Care Volunteers Monthly Review Meeting



(Snaps of Volunteers Monthly Review Meeting held on 14.11.2009
in DMA Cultural Centre, RK Puram
)



My dear Friends,

Our Palliative Care Volunteers Monthly Review Meeting will be held at 4.00 PM on 14th November 2009 Saturday in Delhi Malayali Association (DMA) Cultural Centre, Institutional Area, Sector 4, R K Puram, New Delhi.

The 14th November being a Children's Day let us also have a discussion on; 'Healthy lifestyles that make the future generation of this country healthy and intelligent'
in addition to our case review, future strategy and organizational matters. So please feel free to bring your near and dear also alongwith you to the meeting for creating an awarness of the subject of discussion.

Hope to meet you all in DMA's Cultural Centre positively on time please.

with warm regards,

k.v. hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
(Delhites' National Initiative in Palliative Care)
Mob. No.9891008356

Monday, November 9, 2009

Palliative Care initiative in Bangalore also

Dear Friends,

We are very happy to inform everybody that a Palliative Care initiative has been started in Bangalore also viz., BNipCare (Bangaloreans National Initiative in Palliative Care).


BNipCare: Palliative Care volunteers Training Session Snaps



For details please visit their Blog :
http://bnipcare.blogspot.com
or contact on email :
bnipcare@gmail.com
Let us all support every Palliative carer as each initiative is for providing quality life to the ailing patients. So together we shall make a possible difference in the lives of every patient coming to gamut of our Palliative Care group.

k.v.hamza,
General Secretary, DNipCare

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

A very sad news

My dear Friends,

We are deeply bereaved to inform all of you that two of our patients Mrs.Kusum Devi and Mr. R.C. Nair are no more. Mrs.Kusum Devi passed away yesterday i.e., 20.10.2009 and Mr. R.C. Nair passed away today, i.e., 21.09.2009. DNipCare condoles the sad demise of both of them and wishes their families members enough strength and courage to cope up with the loss of them.

with regards,


k.v. hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

DNipCare -World Palliative Care Day Celebrations - Print Media





Malayala Manorama Daily & Mathrubhumi Daily - Always committed to Social cause.

Monday, October 12, 2009

World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebration by DNipCare

On 10th October 2009 in M.P's Club, South Avenue, New Delhi
Chief Guest Mr. Oscar Fernandes, Honourable Member of Parliament inaugurated the World Day Celebrations.





Mr. Christi Fernandez, Secretary to the President of India, Dr. C.V.Anand Bose, MD, NAFED, Prof. Omcherry N.N. Pillai are addressing the gathering.

World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebrations by DNipCare






Distinguished Guests and audience on thought provoking Palliative Care Discourse

World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebrations by DNipCare



DNipCare - Trying to bring back the smile on the faces of patients, carers and all.



Palliative Care Awareness Campaign -
Experts interacting with audience comprising volunteers, Patients & relatives

World Hospice & Palliative Care Day Celebrations by DNipCare






- Cultural Evening enthralled audience comprising volunteers patients and their relatives -

Please visit
http://www.hospiceinnovation.dk/224/

http://www.hospiceinnovation.dk/233

Saturday, October 3, 2009

World Palliative Care Day Celebration- Invitation

Respected Sirs, /Madam,

Our Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) is celebrating the World Palliative Care Day on 10th October 2009 (Saturday) in M.P's Club, South Avenue, New Delhi. The timing of the event will be from 4.30 PM to 8.00 PM.

Eminent people from socio-cultural and Palliative Care arena are expected to participate in this event. Palliative Care Subject discussion along with experience sharing by volunteers, patients and their relatives, followed with felicitation by socio cultural luminaries, semi classical music concert by the troupe led by Padmashree Prof. (Dr) Leela Omcherry, and finally session for showcasing in house talent of volunteers, patients etc will be the main attractions of the event. The program will conclude at 8.00 PM with refreshment.

You are cordially invited to participate along with your family members and friends to make this a memorable event for the benefit of all the ailing patients around us.

Also you may all like to feel your participation more meaningful by making any drawing/ painting/poster on a ½ drawing sheet in sync with the concept of Palliative Care or the theme “Discover your Voice” of World Palliative Care Day and pin up on the pinup screen provided at the venue.

Please bear in mind that the Palliative Care is not a great service we are doing for the patients, but definitely it is their basic right from the society we also share with them. So please muster strength of Palliative Care volunteers, support the cause at least with your heart, if otherwise unable to, and wish them success in the mission.

With warm regards,


A.T. Sainudin
President, DNipCare
Mob. No.9810055127
k.v. hamza
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No.9891008356

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

World Palliative Care Day-10th October 2009

My dear friends,

As all of you are aware, the World Palliative Care Day is on 10th October 2009(Saturday). We, the volunteers of Delhi’s National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) also would like to be a part of this World activity of celebrating the Palliative Care Day taking place simultaneously across the countries. It is not only a celebration of a specific Day, but rather we should make use of the occasion to create awareness among the patients that such a system of care does exist for them and they make use of it. Further, people of every sphere need to be sensitized on the efficacy of this care so that there will not be a dearth of volunteers and resources for rendering this most required care in our society.

Therefore I request all of you to gear up with great ideas, more commitment and dedication in the interest of all ailing patients around us. Please remember that they were also healthy and happy till the misfortune visited their homes by way of illness or accident. Feel free to give your feedback by email, or as comments to our posts on DNipCare’s blog
http://dnipcare.blogspot.com/

A sensitization campaign through public meeting participated by eminent persons from all walks of life especially Palliative Care fields, followed with a cultural evening showcasing the in-house talents of volunteers, well wishers, patients and their families are the agenda for the Day. All of you will be kept posted on the venue and time of the event DNipCare would be organizing.

Wish you all a sound health and happy time.

With warm regards,


k v hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
9891008356

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Mr. P.K. Haldar passed away

My dear Friends,

I am deeply bereaved to inform all of you that our patient Mr.P.K. Haldar passed away today, i.e., 13.09.2009 at 9.00 AM. DNipCare condoles the sad demise of him and wishes his family enough strength to cope up with the loss of him.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Monthly Review Meeting - 12th September 2009


My dear Friends,

The monthly review meeting of Delhi’s National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held on 12th September 2009 (Saturday) at 4.00 PM in Kerala Club, M-67, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

In addition to the case review, volunteer sensitization and organizational issues, discussions will also be held on celebration of the World Hospice & Palliative Care Day on 10th October 2009 by DNipCare in a befitting manner to benefit patients and for creation of awareness among the common people, National and local media.

You are requested to attend the meeting positively and air your views for the betterment of the Palliative mission being carried out by DNipCare.

With regards,

k.v. hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

Saturday, August 15, 2009

DNipCare Sensitizing the people on Palliative Care


15th August 2009, the first Anniversary of DNipCare

Mr. Cyriac Antony, Ms. Sumitha C, Mr. Madhu and Mr. K.V.Hamza, the Volunteers of DNipCare attended the General Body meeting of Chaitram Malayali Association, Gurgaon, Haryana and sensitized the members on the necessity of Palliative Care and its role in the society.

Volunteers also attended a patient in Sector 52, Gurgaon on Social Home Care visit.

It is really heartening that the members of Chaitram Malayali Association have started thinking towards Palliative Care in addition to their usual charity and socio cultural activities and were eager to hear about this system of human care.

Further, on this Anniversary day of DNipCare it gives immense pleasure to the volunteers in getting convinced that there are enough kind hearts like members of Chaitram to carry on the mission of Palliative Care we have undertaken for providing quality life to the ailing patients around us, a long way.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Mrs. Kavita Anand, DNipCare Patient died on 08.08.2009

My dear Friends,

I am very sorry to inform all of you about the sad demise of Mrs. Kavita Anand at 9.00 AM today, i.e., 08.08.2009. She was suffering from Cervical Cancer. She came into our Palliative family of DNipCare on 10th June 2009. From then onwards, the volunteers of DNipCare extended all possible assistance including her CT scan getting done, providing medicines prescribed by doctors and ration, in addition to the psychological support to the patient right from the time when the prognosis was broken to her by the doctors of AIIMS. A ray of hope for life and confidence could be instilled in her by the volunteers to live a possible quality life despite her deteriorating health. We the volunteers of DNipCare will remember her fondly ever especially her wish to work with us for helping other ailing patients if recovered from her own illness.

Let us all reaffirm our commitment once again at this time in the interest of all ailing patients around us.

With warm regards,

k.v. hamza,
General Secretary, DNipCare
Mob: No.9891008356

Thursday, August 6, 2009

DNipCare - Monthly Review Meeting - August 2009

My dear Friends,

The monthly review meeting of Delhis National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held on 8th August 2009 Saturday at 5.30 PM in Kerala Club, M-67, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Medical professionals and a very good number of volunteers are expected to attend the meeting.

In this context we are happy to share with you the information that DNipCare is completing one year of its existence in Delhi on 15th Auguts 2009, rendering Palliative Care by way of psycho social support to the suffering patients. Of late we have also started providing medical home care, wherever possible, thanks to the relentless support being extended by some of our kind hearted medical fraternity including doctors and nurses.

Even with this limited resources and increased area of operation, our organization is so far able to do fairly well in providing Palliative Care to the identified patients with the sole commitment of our dedicated volunteers.

So let us meet on Saturday 8th August 2009 at 6.00 PM for our review meeting and introspect ourselves so as to plan further required improvement in our mission in the interest of the suffering patients around us. Let us sacrifice a little time of our siesta, comforts and get up to help the ailing patients as we shall be able to do such things only when we are up, hail an hearty. Hope to meet you all in Kerala Club positively and to receive your valuable suggestions in furtherance of this Palliative discipline.

With warm regards,


k.v. hamza.
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob. No. 9891008356

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

DNipCare_Review Meeting held on 14.05.2009

Malayala Manorama Daily dt. 16.07.2009

Mathrubhumi Daily dt. 15.07.2009

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Palliative Care Monthly Review Meeting

My dear Friends,

Instead of the usual second Saturdays, the monthly review meeting of the Delhis National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held this time on Tuesday 14th July 2009 at 6.30 PM in Kerala Club, M-67, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Dr. Suresh Kumar, Director, Institute of Palliative Medicines, Calicut, Kerala and Dr. Anil Kumar Paleri, Pain and Palliative Care Clinic Medical College,Calicut,the pioneers in the Palliative care will be attending the meeting to review our Palliative activities and also to further sensitize the participants on rendering Palliative care.

It will be a great opportunity for all of us to understand the Palliative Care well in the experience sharing session with Dr. Suresh Kumar & Dr. Anil Kumar Paleri.

All of you are, therefore, requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting in the interest of assisting the hapless patients to lead a possible quality life devoid of the physical, social and psychological difficulties.

With warm regards,


K.V. Hamza,
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
Mob: 9891008356

Please visit
http://www.palliativecare.in/new/pdf/News_Letter_March_09.pdf

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Palliative Care Review Meeting-13th June 2009

My Dear Friends,

The Monthly Review Meeting of the Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held on 13th June 2009 (Saturday) at 6.00 PM in Kerala Club, 67, M- Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Eminent Doctors of Oncology and Radiology are expected to attend the review meeting and impart information on Cancer and Community Palliative care. The cases in hand shall be reviewed for qualitatively improving the Palliative Social Care being provided by the DNipCare.

Expansion of the ambit of Palliative Care to more patients in Delhi and NCR and the strategy to be followed etc., shall be discussed in detail in the review meeting. All the volunteers and well wishers are requested to attend the meeting positively at 6.00 PM please.
with regards,
k v hamza
DNipCare

Please also visit
http://www.palliativecare.in/new/pdf/News_Letter_March_09.pdf

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Mayala Manorama discharging Social responsibility





















http://www.manoramaonline.com/advt/specials/palliativecare/News/news_article13.htm

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Curtain is down for a great Kathakali Acharyan of Delhi

My dear Friends,
It is to inform all of you that Mr. Mohanan Nair, the eminent Kathakali Acharyan and Teacher in International Kathakali Centre, Delhi passed away tonight, i.e., 21.05.2009 around 10 PM. He was suffering from Cancer.
DNipCare volunteers were regularly rendering him Palliative Care in his last days and visited him on 20.5.2009 also. We are all very much down hearted on his sad demise. The curtain is down now for this great Kathakali Acharyan of Delhi.
Let us all join together again to give psycho-social support to the bereaved family.
with regards,

k v hamza, Gen. Secretary, DNipCare

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

DNipCare - Monthly Review Meeting

Dear Friends,

The Monthly Review Meeting of the Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held on 9th May 2009 (Saturday) at 5.00 PM in Kerala Club, M- Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

The cases being handled presently shall be reviewed in the meeting. Process of registration of the initiative, measures to sensitize and bring in more people to the Palliative net work shall also be discussed in detail. All the volunteers and well wishers are requested to attend the meeting positively at 5.00 PM please.

with regards,

k v hamza

DNipCare

Please also visit http://www.palliativecare.in/news.html

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Palliative Care - Reveiw Meeting - 11 April 2009

My dear Friends,

The Monthly Review Meeting of the Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare) will be held at 5.00 PM on 11th April 2009 (Saturday) in Kerala Club, M - Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi. All the Volunteers and Executive Members are requested to kindly attend the meeting on time positively .

We shall be reviewing the works carried out so far and discuss strategy for improving further in the interest of the patients suffering from long term and terminal illnesses.
Please provide your valuable inputs on this Palliative Mission through your comments to the blog.
Let us keep the spirit of rendering Palliative Care to all the suffering patients.

With warm regards,
k.v. hamza
for DNipCare
Please also visit http://www.palliativecare.in/news.html

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Wish You all a Sound Health - DNipCare

My dear Friends,

On this World Health Day, I would like to wish you all a Sound Health and Happy life always.
Let us also keep the spirit of rendering Palliative Care to all kinds of patients and wish them all a speedy recovery and painless days.
With warm regards,

k.v. hamza
Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare)
Please visit http://www.palliativecare.in/news.html

Friday, March 13, 2009

Palliative Care - Review Meeting

Dear Friends,

The Monthly Review Meeting of the Delhi's National Initiative in Palliative Care will be held at 5.00 PM on 14th March 2009 (Saturday) in Kerala Club, M- Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi

In addition to the case to case review of Palliative Care rendered, further strategy to be adopted for sensitization and expansion of this mission to be discussed.

All the members and volunteers are requested to attend the meeting positively at 5.00 PM please.

with regards,

k v hamza
DNipCare
Please also visit http://www.palliativecare.in/news.html