Hospice Bangladesh trains palliative care nurses in remote areas
Hospice Bangladesh has teamed up with the Garo Baptist Convention- Christian Health Project (GBC-CHP) to provide palliative care training for health care professionals. The training took place in Joyramkura, a village on the north eastern border of Bangladesh. The Garo Baptist
Bangladeshi medical students reflect on ‘Before I Die’ board on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2018
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life.” This year – 2018 – is the centenary of Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement. The theme of this year’s World Hospice
World Hospice Palliative Care Day 2018
This, 2018 is the centenary of Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement. Keeping it in mind in this year the theme of World Hospice Palliative Care Day was chosen from this Legend’s above famous, iconic and motivational quote-“Because
My mother was my world – a letter of gratitude to Hospice Bangladesh
I lost my mother two years ago to cancer. When she was diagnosed with stage four cancer and doctors read the verdict that it is at terminal stage, the first question I asked to Professor Dr Kamruzzaman was: Is there
Palliative Care Nurses Awarded 2018
Ensuring a comfortable, dignified end “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
Death is inevitable but it does not mean we should not celebrate life: a reflection of the Before I Die wall in Bangladesh
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