Friday, August 30, 2013

Delhi State Cancer Institute, Dilshad Garden, Delhi

A Centre of Excellence in free Cancer Treatment with World Class facilities.

A report in the Metro Manorama Delhi Edition of 
Malayala Manorama Daily 
Dated 31st August 2013









Wednesday, August 21, 2013

DNipCare in ehospice

ehospice India



DNipCare celebrated Independence Day with ’Freedom from Pain’ Campaign

20 August 2013


Delhite's National Initiative in Palliative Care organized India’s 67th Independence Day Celebration on 15th August 2013 with Cancer Patients at Sir Soba Singh Dharamshala of Delhi State Cancer Institute (East), Dilshad Garden, Delhi. The theme of the program was “Freedom from Pain”.


The day’s celebration began with flag hoisting ceremony at the Cancer Institute (East). Dr. R K Grover, Director & CEO, Delhi State Cancer Institute hoisted the flag.
Mrs. Vandana Sharma, Joint Secretary Department of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare, Shri MK Sharma, Additional Secretary (Retd.), Ministry of Law & Justice, Dr. Deepak Srivastava, Neurologist and Shri AT Sainudin, President DNipCare led the Freedom from Pain Campaign.
Volunteers of DNipcare and members of NSS unit of IIT Delhi visited patients in the wards and those staying in the adjacent Sir Sobha Singh Dharamshala of the Cancer Institute.
Entering into 6th Year of Service
DNipCare has entered into its 6th year of service on 15th August 2013. The organization provides palliative home care for chronic, bedridden and terminally ill patients in Delhi and National Capital Region.
DNipCare aims at development of sustainable cost effective system of Palliative Care with active community participation for patients suffering from long term, bed-ridden, incurable, life limiting illnesses. “Our strategy is to encourage local people to address the social needs of patients and their families, train the community volunteers to offer emotional support, facilitate the development of locally sustainable home care programs and to establish a network of committed volunteers, nurses and doctors with expertise in palliative care to support such initiatives”- said Mr. K. V Hamza, General Secretary, DNipCare. In addition to medical home care and psycho-social support to patient and family, DNipCare provides food support to the needy patients and help rehabilitate the family. Awareness campaign is one of the activities of the organization.
To see more photographs of the program, please visit the gallery. 
Contact: Delhite's National Initiative in Palliative Care (DNipCare)
A-170, Pandara Road, New Delhi-110003
Tel.9891008356,9868726697,23389964
Email: dnipcare@gmail.com
Website: www.dnipcare.org

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Our condolence to the bereaved family of Mr. Omanakuttan Pillai




Our condolence to the bereaved family of Mr. Omanakuttan Pillai

While expressing our heartfelt condolence on the untimely demise of Mr. Omanakuttan Pillai 46 years of Munirka Village, Delhi at 2 AM today, i.e., 19th August 2013 due to chronic kidney disease, we, the volunteers of DNipCare would also like to invite the attention of common people to the pathetic situation of all kidney patients in this in this National Capital Territory.  Hence, the newspaper clipping is also posted here.   

Mr. Omanakuttan Pillai belongs to Kollam District of Kerala.  Our association with him was since 16th June 2013 while his disease started early 2013.  We are grateful to all our volunteers like Ajith kumar, Dr. MM Kunju, Suresh Thaliyaril, Mohammed Haseeb, Arun Unnikrishnan, Omana Gopalan, Arun Thomas etc to name a few who used to visit him under Palliative Home Care program of DNipCare.  Let us all pray for the departed soul. 
Despite the fact that Mr. Omanakuttan Pillai was staying at a distance of less than 5 KM from the AIIMS, Delhi, he had been forced to resort to avail dialysis from National Heart Institute, East of Kailash incurring an expenditure of about more than 20,000/- per month when he himself or family was not having any income at all.  The scenario is well explained in the newspaper clipping.
AIIMS burdened by Kidney Patients
- Total 210 Transplant Centers in India
     * Of which 66% in South, West 17%, North 13%, East 4%, Central 1%
- 12 Dialysis machines installed in AIIMS in 1989
     * Only 1 machine added to make it 13 in last 24 years

We will also request all of you to visit the following links as well while thinking for a possible solution to the grave problems of Kidney patients in Delhi.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/rs-315-cr-for-dialysis-units-in-kerala/article4797637.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/dialysis-centres-give-new-hope/article4220119.ece
http://www.saigramam.org/category.php?catid=23
http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/component/content/article/6099-kkma-launches-6th-charitable-kidney-dialysis-centre-in-kerala
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/06/stories/2006030609750300.htm   etc.  

With warm regards,

kv hamza
Gen. Secretary, DNipCare
www.dnipcare.org

9891008356

Thursday, August 15, 2013

DNipCare’s “Freedom from Pain” Campaign & Celebration of Independence Day with Cancer Patients. Five Years of Palliation in the National Capital Territory of Delhi


Again this year it was a diverse celebration of Indian Independence Day for the volunteers of DNipCare in Delhi on 15th August 2013.  After attending the flag hoisting ceremony in the Delhi State Cancer Institute (East), Dilshad Garden, Delhi, the volunteers as usual ventured into the wards of the hospital and also to all those patients staying in the adjacent Sir Sobha Singh Dharamshala of the Cancer Institute.  Meeting the patients, exchange pleasantries, counseling them, wherever required, and also distributing fruit juices, Independence Day cards, stickers etc., were the approach.  The innovative ways of students of NSS Unit of IIT Delhi to convey the spirit of freedom and the meaning of tricolours to take care of parents and elders/teachers added colour and value to the celebration.  Mrs. Vandana Sharma, Joint Secretary Department of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare, Shri MK Sharma, Addl. Secretary(Retd.), Ministry of Law & Justice, Dr. Deepak Srivastava, Neurologist  and Shri AT Sainudin, President DNipCare led the Freedom from Pain Campaign of the organization.  Dr. RK Grover, Director & CEO, Delhi State Cancer Institute hoisted the flag and talked at length on the curative aspects of Cancer and the facilities including surgical interventions started in the institute.  He has also acknowledged the services and   association of DNipCare with the Institute for rendering Palliative Home Care for the patients.  

The DNipCare entering its 6th year of humane service by way of Palliative Home Care for the long term, bedridden, terminally ill patients including Cancer and Geriatric patients has despite many challenges specific to the metropolitan city of Delhi has come a long way in patient care, but definitely has to add further quality in the service delivery.  The organization has set in a model of nearly 0% overheads and 100% focused resource utilization for Patient care in Palliative care services by leveraging the philanthropy and volunteerism of the people including medical professionals and counselors.  It is a holistic approach under DNipCare wherein the long term, bedridden patients other than Cancer patients are also being taken care off for medical/nursing care, urine catheterization, bedsore management, feeding tube management, physiotherapy requirements etc through weekend home care by voluntary medical and social support teams. 

The organization has also set in a precedence of optimal transparency in the fund management by ensuring the display of day-today activities and the related fund flow on the website for public scrutiny including that of the beneficiaries and benefactors.  This trend if replicated compulsorily in the social sector can reclaim the loss of credibility of the Non-Governmental organizations in general. 
 
Some of the recognitions for the services rendered by DNipCare during the last 5 years are; 3rd Prize of International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2013, National Florence Nightingale Award 2012 for Mr. Suresh TP,(Male Nurse of Safdarjung Hospital and also Secretary of DNipCare), First Social Worker Award of KMCC, Delhi to Mr. KV Hamza, General Secretary of DNipCare, Membership of the Institutional Ethics Committee of Delhi State Cancer Institute, Participation in Common Review Mission of NRHM consecutively in 2010, 2011 & 2012, Participation in the India International Trade Fair 2010 & 2011, Health Mela 2010 etc.        
The organization is proud to showcase the strengths of its volunteers hailing from different walks of professions.
As such, DNipCare is not only a scalable approach in Palliative Care, but also a unique replicable model for any cosmopolitan city to test with.

So while we are hale and hearty let us empathize, spare some time and resources for ailing patients and spread the message of Palliative Care.