Academic programs
To make the public and the medical personnel aware of palliative
care, we have continuous academic programs.
- Training of staffs of Hospice
- Lectures and Training of nurses and doctors in various
hospitals
- Lectures to various Social organizations, eg. Rotary
clubs, Rotaract clubs
- Presentations in conferences, seminars, CMEs
Researches
- Various researches on Palliative care
Publications
- Various articles in various prominent papers/magazines
in Nepal
International journals: Informing patients about cancer
in Nepal: what do people prefer? Rajesh Gongal, Pradeep
Vaidya, Rajshree Jha, Om Rajbhandary, Max Watson. Palliative
Medicine 2006:20:471 - 476
Presentations
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Neglected branch of medicine: a hospice
experience. 20th All Nepal Medical Conference. 28 Feb.
– 3 March, 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Management of terminally ill patients.
Scientific program of T. U. Institute of Medicine. 19
July. 2002, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Morphine in total pain management of
hospice patients. IV National Conference of Society
of Surgeons of Nepal. 6-8 November, 2003, Dharan, Nepal
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Hospice Nepal. Workshop on Improving
Cancer Care in Nepal through International Collaboration,
INCTR/NNCTR Nepal, 9th Jan. 2005, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A Community Hospice Service. Workshop
on Palliative Care, 6th Annual INNCTR Conference, Chennai,
India, 10 to 13th December, 2005
Palliative care courses
- Princes Alice Palliative Center, Patan Hospital and
Hospice Nepal
- First National Palliative Course, Patan Hospital and
Hospice Nepal
- Princes Alice Palliative Center, Patan Hospital and
Hospice Nepal
- Second National Palliative Course, Patan Hospital and
Hospice Nepal
Palliative care courses
Although Palliative care centers like Hospice Nepal is
an important part of the delivery of palliative care,
it is quite obvious that only such centers cannot provide
for the large numbers of cancer patients. Most of the
patients will be seen by doctors who have little or no
knowledge about how to provide good palliative care. To
address this problem, we have started providing short
courses in Palliative care
For the first time, we were fortunate to have the help
from Dr. Max Watson, a Palliative care consultant in UK,
who had developed a Certificate course in Palliative care.
He conducted the first course in Palliative care in Nepal
in March 2005 which was a great success. Based on this
course, Hospice Nepal and Patan Hospital, jointly developed
a two day course which was more contextualized for Nepal,
and successfully ran this course in November 2005. A handbook
has also been published.
Following this, two more such courses have been organized
so far. More courses are planned for the future. There
is now a great interest in these courses. The feedbacks
from the participants are very encouraging.
The First Pallative Care Conference
The First Pallative Care Conference was
successfully conducted by Hospice Nepal on 19th Feb 2009.
All most all the hospices in Nepal and most of the pallatice
care workers participated.
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