“A life well-lived deserves a good ending,” said Rifat Akhter, chairman of Aastha Hospice that has brought palliative care to the doorstep of underprivileged patients suffering from terminal diseases. The one who can help a patient complete the last bit of journey on this earth with ease is a nurse. Her care and empathy can […]
Hospice Bangladesh along with Aastha Foundation and Dhaka Medical College celebrated the day by introducing the global participatory public art project: ‘Before I Die’ on the Medical College campus, where people expressed their aspirations in life, something they want to fulfill before they die. The wall is a movement that opens the conversation about death […]
The evolving epidemiology of life-limiting diseases across the world has created an urgent and growing need for palliative care services. However, in a large proportion of the world there is no access to palliative care for persons with serious or terminal illness. Palliative care is a new field in many countries, including Bangladesh. It focuses […]
With an estimated 29 000 children in Bangladesh needing specialised end of life care each year, there are presently only 2 doctors consistently providing children’s palliative care in this impoverished country. The Children’s Palliative Care Initiative Bangladesh (CPCIB) is an initiative of World Child Cancer, which aims to support the development of palliative care services available […]
She spends long hours each day working at the homes of people and their families needing palliative care, and after duty she returns to her own home. Shika’s sister, Ritu Halder, also works as a palliative home care nurse in the same organisation. Sometimes the sisters have no time for contact with each other while […]
After seven days’ campaign ahead of the event, the riders gathered in front of Bangladesh Medical College Hospital at 8 am on Saturday 10 October. The Principal, Professor Taimor Nawaz, and Director, Professor Rouf Sardar, of Bangladesh Medical College, were present at the starting ceremony, along with Oncology Head, Dr Zafor Md. Masud and Ameenah […]
