Mr. Hardev Kumar rehabilitated.

On Christmas day we, the volunteers of DNipCare, were with Mr. Hardev kumar on his pavement dwelling in the street of Mukherjee Nagar with our Palliative mission to relieve his pain and sufferings.  Our target, after relieving his pain, was to give him shelter from this near freezing cold wave on his open pavement in the street and we requested support from everybody.  

Today, i.e., 29^th December 2013, we could finally get him a ceiling over his head and relief from the hostile winter, thanks to the mission of Mrs. Ancy of Shantiniketan Ashram in Chattarpur under Shanti Niketan Social Welfare Society.  True to the name of the Ashram, Madam Ancy with her supporters were waiting outside their gate to welcome the new guest we brought in our Palliative Vehicle to their already having 30 inmates fondly referred to as her 30 children.  

Seeing a tidy premise, enthusiastic volunteers, a good bed with neat mattresses and blankets Mr. Hardev Kumar was happy with folded hands to everybody for giving him the comfort of a home from the homeless condition, so many new relatives and friends from the forsaken status and above all the warmth of fellow feeling from the chilling winter.  

At the end of the day, Suresh Thaliyaril, Arun Unnikrishnan, Ashish Kumar Pandey and Shahi Abdul Sathar, our volunteers were returning home satisfied of providing the possible relief to an elderly abandoned, their own father like human being.

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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DNipCare's Christmas Celebration

Mukherjee Nagar near Delhi University in North Delhi is the Mecca of Civil Service aspirants now.  In this bustling area lives Mr. Hardev Kumar a septuagenarian, sleeping on the pavement of one corner of the street even during this peek winter.

   

Mr. Ashish Pandey, one of DNipCare’s committed volunteers and also a Civil Service aspirant, during his morning walk met this graceful old man on the Christmas day, lying on this pavement with an old uro bag hanging on his body and struggling with abdominal pain.  Biting cold wind was adding up to his misery.  On his intimation the team comprising Ajith Kumar, Rishad K Karim, Renjith Purushothaman and I reached there and joined him by noon.

 

Mr. Hardev was delighted to see the youngsters and opened up the history of his melancholic life before the volunteers.  Hailing from Rawalpindi of undivided India he migrated along with his family to Delhi during partition.  His son died in a train accident long back and now his daughter is the only one left with as his family member, but the irony is that she met him only twice during the last 5 years, once in Hindu Rao Hospital where he was admitted and second time in this pavement  two years ago.  He used to sell tomatoes and lemons in his cart on the streets for about two decades, but on becoming old and ill could not continue resulting in his dependency on the mercy of passerby of the street.   On eruption of severe abdominal pain he used to visit the OPD of Hindu Rao Hospital and gets his urine catheter changed and prescription for pain killers which he buys from the nearby medical shop in piecemeal as he can seldom gather money for whole course of medicines.  Of late, as per his version, he feels aversion in going there due to the verbal thrashing he gets from there.  What he required immediately was changing his catheter which with the help of Rishad K Karim, Renjith Purushothaman , our Nursing fraternity friends from AIIMS could manage, but inside our Palliative vehicle parked on the road near the pavement where he sits after covering the windows to ensure that his privacy is not compromised.  Then the medicines prescribed by hospital, lunch, new bed sheet, juices and packet of dates for nutrition etc. were also part of our Christmas gifts to his dismay.  Now Ashish has added one new slot in his time table of studies to visit and take care of Hardev Kumar and visited him again at night and today morning as well to enquire about his wellbeing. 

But even if it is not possible to integrate him with his family or relatives, if any, the minimum we would like to do is entrust him with any good agency having premise to keep him so that medical support can be reached to him and thereby he could be rehabilitated effectively.  Our efforts are on and we hope somebody may rise up to strengthen us.  

Anyway, relieving pain of the abandoned street patient, though temporarily, was the Christmas celebration of DNipCare volunteers.  

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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Our heartfelt Condolence…

We the volunteers of DNipCare would like to express our heartfelt condolence on the sad demise of Mrs. Munni Devi, W/o Mr. Subhash Chander and resident of Madhubani, Bihar at 4.15 PM today, i.e., 13^th December 2013 in AIIMS, New Delhi after a prolonged struggle with Ovary Cancer for over 4 years.  

Our association with her started on 30^th November 2013 only though our Volunteer Ms. Priyanka Sharma was providing her support, including arrangement for blood whenever required, for more than 1 ½ years.   

Let us share the grief of the bereaved family and pray for the departed soul.

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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Palliative Care Monthly Review Meeting on Saturday 14th December 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Palliative Care Volunteers Monthly Review Meeting under DNipCare will be held at 6.00 PM on Saturday, 14th December 2013 in Kerala Club, M 67, Connaught Place, New Delhi.  

You are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

With warm regards,

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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Our Condolences....

We, the volunteers of DNipCare, convey our heartfelt condolence at the sad demise of Mr. Appukuttan, (67) resident of Om Vihar, Uttam Nagar East, Delhi, died early morning today, i.e., 11th December 2013.  Our association with him started on 20^th July 2013 when he became bedridden due to Cancer of Vertebrae.  Our volunteers like Anil Kumar, Mohammed Iqbal, Shilpa Babu, Nidhi Shukla, Ajith Kumar, Seema Prasad, Arun Unnikrishnan, Cyriac Antony, Abdul Kareem, Unnikrishnan KC, Antony John etc., to name a few,  used to visit him through Palliative Home Care Program of DNipCare.  We are also grateful for all the support and care provided by the good Samaritans of Shanti Avedna Sadan, Delhi when he was in dire necessity of that care. 

Let us pray to Almighty to rest his soul in peace and also to give adequate strength to his family members to cope up with their irreparable loss due to his demise.   

with regards,

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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Lecture on Palliative Care for Doctors

A Lecture on Palliative Care for Doctors of Fellowship Course under Department of Community Medicine in Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi on 07th December 2013.

Dr. Suneela Garg, Director Professor, Community Medicine chaired the session of Palliative Care lecture

Media Support for Palliative Care under DNipCare

National Association of Malayalees (NAM), Ghaziabad - Celebration of Kerala State inception Day

National Association of Malayalees (NAM), Ghaziabad celebrated Kerala State inception Day on 10th November 2013

Our heartfelt condolences….

Amid rendering Palliative Care to the debilitating patients and propagating the discipline to the masses, we, the volunteers undergo a lot of emotional stress as well especially on the sad demise of our Palliative family members.  Amit  24 year old Right frontal Glioma –(Brain Tumour) Post Operative patient, resident of Sohanganj, Delhi,  with whom we associated from 28^th July 2012 died at 4.30 PM yesterday, i.e., 20^th November 2013.  A young person with a lot of dreams in his eyes was always cheerful in nature.   Our volunteers like Seema Prasad, Arun Unnikrishnan, Sanya Sharma, Namrata Singh, Abdul Latheef, Nongthon Singha, Sneha Kanta etc., had been visiting him under the Palliative Home care program. 

Just before getting out of this shock we had to face the sad demise of our Vasantha Nair 48 year old cancer patient and resident of Hastsal, Delhi at 6.30 PM today, i.e., 21^st November 2013.  Our association with her was dated back to 21^st February 2010 and most of our volunteers fondly remember the love and affection they got from her.   She was a brave upright lady fought not only the disease but all odds of her life with a smile and determination.  Most of our volunteers  Vipin Joseph, Lekha Anil, Raheem,  Ajith Kumar, Antony Cyriac, Abdul Kareem, Hasna Najath, Suresh Thaliyaril, Deepa Vats, Chanchal Vats, Nidhi Shukla, Seema Prasad, PRA Nair, Arun Unnikrishnan, Antony John, Ancil V Rajan, Sajitha Elamon, etc., to name a few, had visited her under our  Palliative Home Care program of DNipCare. 

Let us all pray for the eternal peace for the departed souls.

Let us also wish the bereaved family members adequate strength to cope up with the irreparable loss of their beloved ones.

With warm regards,

kv hamza,

General Secretary, DNipCare

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India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2013, Pragati Maidan, Delhi

Finally the 14 day's India International Trade Fair 2013 ended on 27th November 2013 with happy news that the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Pavillion of which DNipCare was also a part with this stall has won Silver Medal in the Govt Departments category. We are grateful to our entire ardent volunteer for their dedication, concern and commitment for the Palliative cause for the debilitating patients

As in the previous couple of years, DNipCare is participating in the India International Trade Fair 2013 from 14 to 27^th November 2013 in Pragati Maidan, Delhi to propagate community based Palliative Care to the common people.  The two weeklong Trade Fair, being a platform for congregation of millions of people with diverse interests beginning from Trade and industry to Health Care and good living is a perfect occasion to disseminate the discipline of Palliative Care, which is otherwise an alien subject beyond the periphery of Kerala and other very few States in India.  In addition to propagation, DNipCare volunteers are providing guidance to the visitors to initiate this kind of care and concern in their own areas and localities.  Shri Keshav Desiraju, Secretary Ministry of Health & Family Welfare visited DNipCare stall after inauguration of Health Pavillion.  He enquired about the Palliative Care approach adopted by DNipCare and also the coverage of patients the organization is able to cater.  The community based voluntary model of Kerala, (where a policy has already been introduced under NRHM for the first time in India during 2008), replicated under DNipCare in tailormade mode to suit the National Capital’s scenario has been explained to him.      

It is expected that there can be a real-time grass root level propagation through the Helath Pavillion during India International Trade Fair.  In addition, the fair will also be an occasion to make the palliative patient references through their relatives and friends visiting the Health Pavilion. 

Shri Abdul Rahman, Honourable Member of Parliament Lok Sabha from Vellore constituency, Tamil Nadu, visited the Palliative Care stall set up by DNipCare in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Pavillion in India International Trade Fair 2013 in Pragati Maidan, Delhi today, i.e., 20th November 2013.  He specifically came to see the stall and understand the propagation of Palliation being done for the masses by the volunteers of DNipCare throughout the fair.  He opined that this kind of care needs to be spread across the Country to take care of the debilitating patients especially when they are sent out of even the tertiary care hospitals and left to their destiny till their end.  He has appreciated the mission being carried out by the volunteers in Delhi and wrote in the visitors book also on the similar lines.