'Beyond Hospital' - A Palliative Care sensitization to the Nursing Community of Safdarjung Hospital on 13th March 2013

It was an informal occasion/gathering where DNipCare could convey the message of Palliative Home Care to a group of about 100 very much learned and experienced Nurses of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi on 13th March 2013. 

Though it was like an attempt to teach fishes to swim, the response from the great Nursing community was overwhelming and enthusiastic.  In addition to Mr. Suresh Thaliyaril of Safdarjung Hospital, many of the Nurses like Mrs. Serene Wilsnet, Mrs. Gayatri, Mrs. Shashi Bala, Mrs. A Joseph, Mrs. Padma Prakash etc are already associated with DNipCare and providing voluntary services to the long term, bedridden, terminally ill patients in different parts of Delhi. 

So once again the Palliative family under DNipCare is grateful to the commitment and sincerity of the Nursing Community as a whole.   

   

Jansanskriti, Mehrauli's Celebration of International Women's Day 2013 with Cancer Awareness & Palliative Care Sensitization Campaign

Celebration of International Women's Day 2013 by Jansanskriti Mehrauli Unit was in a unique way by arranging a talk on Cancer Awareness, Lifestyle changes required and Palliative Care awareness on 10th March 2013 in Community Centre, Mehrauli

Dr. Sunu Cyriac from AIIMS, Dr. Jyothi were there to talk on Cancer Awareness and Lifestyle changes requirements.  KV Hamza, Suresh Thaliyaril, Seema Prasad, Rafeeque Kolampadam etc., represented DNipCare to participate and talk on Palliative Care Sensitization.

Meena's Thoughts.....

Here I am restarting my life, the one which came to a complete stand still on 27^th February 2011 when my beloved mother bid farewell to this world after going through the severity of blood cancer.  Life once again came to a complete naught on 26 January 2013 when my dad all of a sudden decided  to join his better half in her heavenly abode after a brain hemorrhage when the entire Nation was celebrating its 66^th Republic Day with all the high and might of military power of our great India.  

The drum beats were echoed on Rajpath while the pulse beats of my mentor, my protector, my dad were on high pitch reaching a blood pressure level of 280 degree.  His desperation, feeling of meaninglessness in life and the withdrawal symptoms were never understood by any of us, the four children he brought up through the thick and thin of life.  The occasional angriness came out from him due to frustration and helplessness has also been passed off by us as the routine upheavals only.    Finally now he is no more.  The hustle and bustle of mourners and relatives have ceased now.  The stoic silence creeping on the tree on shedding its leaves engulfs me, the forsaken bird.     

Where shall I offload the heaviness of my heart? With whom I shall be able to share my sorrows?  Questions and questions without any definite answers swirling in my head.  

At the end of a long battle of pros and cons in mind, I am at a logical point now, ready to try sharing my mind, my thoughts, imaginations and vent out my feelings through this DNipCare Blog.  

I would also like to contribute through my pen and thoughts for the ailing patients for whom the volunteers of DNipCare provide palliative home care.  I know my disadvantage in reaching to those suffering patients along with our volunteers, but let me understand their perils, their issues and be with them mentally, if not physically.

Hope some of you, if not all, who read these scribbling, will comment and encourage me because at this juncture I require your wishes and inspiration to get rid of my grief, engage in the world of alphabets, words and sentences; get back to life with full of bright colours and joy sans the thoughts about my two polio ridden legs. 

With a lot of love,

Meena K Paswan

Nangloi, Delhi

Rehabilitation effort

The silent efforts of Mr. Suresh Thaliyaril, our volunteer as well as the Secretary of DNipCare effects in soothing the turbulent lives of poor patients and their families not only through Palliative Home Care, but also in rehabilitating the family of deceased patients.  With his consistent efforts he could mobilize a livelihood for the widow of Mr. Ram Narain in the form of a sewing machine from a philanthropist Mr. R.P.Kaistha of Munirka.  We are grateful to Mr. RP Kaistha for his support to this poor family.  (The children and wife of late Mr. Ram Narain of Kishanganj, Mehrauli along with the sewing machine they got is seen in the picture.)

With warm regards,

kv hamza,
General Secretary, DNipCare
www.dnipcare.org
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Our Condolences.....

We, the volunteers of DNipCare pay our obeisance to Mrs. Vanaja Kumari, a Cancer Patient and one of our Palliative family members who departed from this world at 9.30 PM on 12th December 2012.  

She came in association with us since 15th March 2009 while undergoing treatment in Delhi and our volunteers like Rajeena Musthafa, Lissy Bijuraj, Mariamma Reji, Madhu Nair, Abdul Kareem, Sumitha Chalil, Antony Cyriac, Ajith Kumar etc. to name a few, had always been there to provide Palliative support for her during her turbulent times till she went to Kerala on 18th July 2011 for permanent stay and obtaining further treatment there. 

Let us all pray for the departed soul.

With warm regards,
kv hamza,
General Secretary, DNipCare
www.dnipcare.org
9891008356

Our Condolence.....

With profound grief we, the volunteers of DNipCare, have to inform that Mrs. Lovis Varghese, one of our Palliative family members passed away at 5.45 AM today, i.e., 11th December 2012 after prolonged illness. DNipCare had a long association with with Lovis Varghese Since 02.08.2009 onward. 

We remember the services provided and affection given by all our volunteers and well wishers like Cyriac Antony, Abdul Kareem PK, Sumitha Chalil,  Ajith Kumar, Aparna Ps, Suresh Thaliyaril, Nirmala Desigan,Madhu Nair, Ambika, C Haridasan, Dr.Balachandran, Abdul Khalik P P, Balachandran Menon, Sabu Sebastian, Nidhi Shukla, Shirnaz, Dr. Suresh K Mohammed, Shinu Joseph, Asrarul Haque, Babu Gurucharan, Shilpa Babu, Seema Prasad, etc. to name a few, to Lovis Chechi during her hard times. 

Let us all pray for her eternal peace.

With regards,

kv hamza, General Secretary, DNipCare

www.dnipcare.org
9891008356

Our heartfelt condolences.....

We, the Volunteers of DNipCare, express our heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of Mr. Thakur Das, who was an acute destitute patient on the pavements of Jantar Mantar Road, Delhi with his both hands  grossly affected by maggots.  He was shifted to Dr. R.M.L. Hospital, New Delhi with the assistance of Police at 8 PM on 26th November 2012, admitted there in the emergency ward, maggots got removed, dressed up his wounds and follow up treatment was on.  However, unfortunately he died of cardiac arrest at 11.50 PM on 27th November 2012 in the hospital.  

Again, at the end of the day, our belief is that he could get a dignified exit from this world looked after by the doctors and carers in an hospital instead of an unknown death under his dirty quilt in the pavement in this cold weather for the people to know, may be, only by the smell when his body starts decaying.  

We also hope that any of his near and dear whose kindness and concern have not exhausted can get the information by recognizing him from the photograph.  

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


Please also read : http://dnipcare.blogspot.in/2012/11/2611-in-different-way.html