World Day in Thailand 10th October 2009
The capital and largest city of Thailand is Bangkok. It is also the country's center of political, commercial, industrial and cultural activities
The event for 2009: The whole month of exhibition start 10th Oct 2009 until the end of Oct 2009
- Exhibition boards of the History of Palliative Care
- Wattanosoth Palliative Care activities from the beginning to present
Think positive Club for cancer patients
Half Day Program for patients: Art field Therapy on 10 Oct 2009
- workshop: Art therapy and healing for cancer patients
This event 10th October 2009 was arranged by:
Private hospital
Wattanosoth Cancer Hospital is one of four hospitals on the campus of the privately-run Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre. The palliative care unit opened in summer 2007 and extends the work of the former pain unit. The director, anaesthesiologist Laksamee Chanvej, recorded 10 to 15 new patients each month during the four months that the unit was operational. Palliative care is provided for between ten and twenty per cent of patients in two special oncology wards.
The following pictures were taken during the event: Think positive Club for cancer patients
Left: Doing our own thoughts with music and first piece of art work
Right: Welcome to World Palliative Care Day 2009: History and information
Altogether in the circle: sharing the idea
We have done the each first piece
Left: Art and healing, healthing and art
Right: Our paper draft
From the first to the other
Music and play on the paper
Examples of our draft
Music, folks and relax effect our thoughts
More examples of our draft
Contact:
Laksamee Chanvej, M.D.
Director of PCU Palliative Medicine
Wattanosoth Cancer Hospital, Bangkok Medical Hospital Center
Bangkok, Thailand
E-mail: Laksamee.Ch@bgh.co.th
Country report from Thailand - published by: International Observatory on End of Life Care
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