Ganga Prem Hospice eases the pain, soothes the mind and uplifts the spirit.
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We mourn the
passing of Ma Chetan Jyoti Udasin of Rishikesh, who left her earthly body on
Hanuman Jayanti, the 20th of April. Ma Chetan Jyoti was a good friend and
supporter of the hospice and her loss will be greatly felt. |
NEWS |
1. Gangapem Hospice Services in Rishikesh |
2. Fund Raising Activities |
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Charitable
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Our monthly Cancer Clinic in Rishikesh offers |
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1. Screening for possibility of cancer. |
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2. Consultation for cancer patients. |
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Consultation for terminally ill cancer patients. 4. Distribution of free medicine. |
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If you would like to support the Cancer Clinic you may send us a donation towards |
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a) Running costs. |
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b) Equipment. |
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c)
Distribution of free medicine. d) Free treatment
of poor cancer patients. e) Home
visits for terminally ill cancer patients. |
Ganga Prem Hospice Charitable
Cancer Camp
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Opens Two New Services at Rishikesh Clinic. THE SUPPORT A CANCER PATIENT SCHEME This scheme will give donors an opportunity to pay for cancer
treatment for a financially underprivileged cancer patient. Ganga Prem
Hospice volunteers will assess applicants for benefit from this scheme and
patients who are chosen will be taken by volunteers to have their treatment
and will be cared for during the treatment by the volunteers. Any one who
wishes to donate to this scheme and support a cancer patient should contact
Sarojini Murthy at sarojiniji@hotmail.com Supporters
will be able to receive regular reports on their patients progress. The first
person to benefit from this scheme is Madhu Rana ( age 45) of Ganganagar, Rishikesh,
who is in need of Chemo Therapy for a
recurrent cancer of the cervix. She will be supported by Sylvia Dora Puschel
of THE HOME CARE PROGRAMME This scheme gives donors and volunteers an
opportunity to provide comfort and solace to terminally ill cancer patients
in their own homes. Ganga Prem Hospice volunteers will visit terminally ill
cancer patients in their own homes and as far as possible provide medical,
social, emotional and spiritual support to the patient and their families.
The first person to benefit from this scheme is Pushpa Devi (aged 55) of
Ganganagar, Rishikesh, who is terminally ill with liver/gall bladder cancer.
At present she is being visited by Ganga Prem Hospice volunteer, Eliza
Renwick, who is a fully trained hospice nurse. Pushpa Devi left her body peacefully on 1st of
March, surrounded by her family. From the 1st of March two new cancer patients are
being visited by the GPH volunteers. |
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January Clinic 2008 |
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Our monthly
cancer clinic was held on the 27 th January and Dr Dewan saw 33 patients. A
new volunteer, Eliza, who is a registered nurse with hospice experience, was welcomed
on to the team. She sat with Sarojini at reception helping with the registration of
patients and getting to know to know them. Some patients
came with general ailments, for which Dr. Dewan dispensed medicines.
Some patients were asked to take scans or ultra sound etc and return next
month. Unfortunately one lady who was diagnosed with 3rd stage cancer
could not afford the treatments. Sarojini spoke to her and tears dropped from
the lady's eyes. Dr Dewan has again appealed for help for those patients
that cannot afford treatment.* Another lady
was identified as TICP (terminally ill cancer patient) and to be in need
of home visits. It was decided that Ganga Prem Hospice will now expand
its help to include home visits. Eliza will be doing the home visits
with Sarojiniji.. Dr. Dewan gave Eliza some Fentanyl patches to put on the patient. The
patches will have to be changed every 3 days so the home visits will start
with visits every 3 days. Eliza will submit home visit reports to Dr Dewan
after each visit for comments and further instructions. After the
clinic Dr. Dewan ran through the rudimentaries of home
visits. He emphasised the importance of communicating with the patient.
He said that volunteers should not to raise the patients’ hopes with
false promises nor should they promise any funds for any treatment. He
stressed the importance of praising the family and relatives in the good work
they are doing by caring for the sick family member. He said that the
patient should not be frightened by telling them that they have x number of
months to live etc. but that the volunteers should let them know in
some indirect way that he/she may not have long to live so
that he/she can put their affairs in order. Dr. Dewan said volunteers
mostly need to listen to the patients and their families and to help make
their life as comfortable as is possible through the home visits. Mr Ghai has offered the clinic venue
for training volunteers. GPH appeals for volunteers both male and
female,with or without training in nursing or palliative care. However Hindi
speakers and trained volunteers will be especialy welcome for this work. Any
one who would like to offer their services for home visits should contact
Bibi Hamel at bibi.hamel@gmail.com ·
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incident led to the setting up of the ‘ |
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February Clinic 2008 |
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At the
February clinic Dr. Dewan saw a total of 25 patients. It was decided
that Rajrani Sharma, F 69, Ca Breast
should receive Home visiting once in every 10 days to assess her pain and
give pain relief. Dr. Dewan also requested the volunteers to do a
follow-up on one of the patients, Kumesh Singhal, who had hoarseness of voice
and had been asked to carry out some investigations. The volunteers are
in touch with him. A male hospice nurse, Stan Giles from the . |
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March Clinic 2008 |
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At the cancer
clinic on 30th March 30 patients were seen. As usual it was a slow start but
by 10am the patients started walking in. Some were regular patients returning
for follow up checks. Dr. Dewan had reassuring words for each patient. Every
patient left there somewhat reassured. This is what constitutes palliative
care... the most important component of hospice care-giving. One of our home
visit patients Madhu Rana also came. To sustain her health Dr. Dewan gave her
some Protein Powder and some vitamin drink sachets. |
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We would
like to say a Special
New Year Thank you to
Mr Raguvir Ghai, Honorary Manager of the Punjab Sindha Kshetra, who has given
continuous and unstinting help and support to the Cancer Clinic, to Dr Dewan
and to all the volunteers in Rishikesh,
Mr Raghuvir Ghai |
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Also special
mention should be made of Sarojini Murthy, Bibi Hamel, who lead the Rishikesh
volunteer group and whose hard work and dedication is making a vision become
a working reality. Thanks also to Eliza Renwick and Stan Giles, two Hospice
nurses who have joined us recently and whose knowledge and experience has
been an invaluable help to the new projects in Rishikesh.
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Over the Christmas season many volunteers sold our beautiful cards and calendars to raise money for the hospice. Among them were: Nora Monticelli of |
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Brooke Walsh of |
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Kaili Blacklock-Hind of |
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Gabriele Steen ( Nataraj)
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Sylvia Dora Pueschel of Zofingen, Switerland
who raised 1,400 Swiss francs. This amount also includes a number of
donations from her friends. |
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Roberta Trussi, Manuela
Toso and Carlo |
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Maddalena Fortunati and
Prof. Leonardo Pinelli of |
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Sarah Tomblinson of |
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Diane Long, well known
Yoga Teacher and Trustee of our |
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We would like to thank
Michael Duffy for donating his beautiful photographs of |
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Manfred Wolf from |
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In February the 'Sound of Devotion'
held a gathering at |
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Please
let us know about your fund raising activities so that we can publicise them
on this page. |
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send your news to nanima@gangapremhospice.org |
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Renu Gulati is in charge of our fund raising activities. If you have any good ideas for fund raising or would like to help please get in touch with Renu at renu@gangapremhospice.org
Sound of Devotion
Saturday March 29th
Sitaram Partnership
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All Profits go to Ganga Prem Hospice
Recommended donation for
each event £5-£10
Frankie
Jennings
One
Body, One Sound
07976 016 103
Skype:
frankiejennings
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The Ganga Prem Hospice Charity Concert held at Rishikesh on the afternoon of 2nd Jan was an outstanding success. Guru Jyoti Rout and Krishna Das thrilled the audience with their talented and uplifting performances. Between 400-500 people attended the concert at Parmarth Niketan yoga hall, which had been generously donated and decorated for the occasion. Sarojini
Murthy welcomed everyone and the performers and special guests were
garlanded. Her opening speech was followed by a short talk on the spiritual
significance of classical dance by Swami Premananda of Ganeshpur Uttarkashi.
Jyoti then performed four beautiful Oddisi dances, accompanied by her
musicians and singer who had especially travelled from Orrisa for the
concert. She had created a new dance for the occasion which was dedicated to The break was followed by a short talk about the Hospice project by Nanima, one of the trustees. Ma Chetan Jyoti of Rishikesh also made a brief speech about the Hospice project during which she announced her intention to bequeath her Ashram, Krishna Kripa Ashram to Ganga Prem Hospice. Excitement
in the hall mounted as Krishna Das asked everyone at the back if they could
hear properly and then he began his performance with the chanting of Nanima ji thanked Krishna Das and Guru Jyoti Rout ji for their performances. She thanked Pujya Swamiji for the generosity shown in sponsoring the concert. She also thanked Renu Gulati and her husband Prem Narayana for their tireless work in organising the concert. Sarojini Murthy received special thanks for all the invaluable assistance she gave to Renu. Bibi Hamel and the other volunteers who manned the ticket sales, entrances and fund raising stalls were all thanked for their help. After the concert all the participants were invited by Parmarth Niketan to
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PLEASE SUPPORT |
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by buying |
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WALL CALENDARS for 2008 |
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13 Magnificent Views of Bhagirathi
Ganga and the |
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Height 16.5" X width 11.5", full colour printing, spiral binding with hanger. |
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Features inter faith quotes and dates and phases of the moon. |
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Send $20 plus $5 package and postage* Jennifer Melmon *or the equivalent in your own currency |
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Our
goal of providing holistic care and improving the quality of life in the last
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How You can Help :
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Shradha Cancer Care Trust, |
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