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Making every day count for terminally ill patients in Romania and the surrounding countries

 

In 1989, the Romanian people tore their country free from 40 years of communist dictatorship.  The scenes of deprivation and neglect, which met with a blaze of media coverage, bore testament to the deprivations that a brutal regime had inflicted on a beautiful country and a proud nation.  Recovery from this is a slow process and 45% of Romania’s 22 million people still live in poverty – a statistic we are more used to seeing in the third world than for one of our European neighbours.  Although now largely forgotten by the world’s media, the people will not give up their struggle to improve the quality of everyday life for themselves and future generations.

People suffering life-threatening or terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer or AIDS are particularly vulnerable to poorly funded services and anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, is likely to be sent home from hospital to die without any support or adequate pain relief.  Romania’s neighbours such as Serbia and Macedonia fare no better. So, in 1992, Hospices of Hope introduced hospice and palliative care services into the region for the first time.  Through setting up partner organisations in Romania and Serbia, we have improved the quality of life for over 7,000 such patients, but we need your help to continue this work.

Hospices of Hope have launched an appeal to build a new Hospice in Romania’s capital, Bucharest.

The Hospice will consist of 24 beds for adults, 6 beds for children, a day centre, out-patient clinics, home-care services and a palliative care teaching centre’

The Appeal Patrons are: Alina Cojocaru, The Duchess of Norfolk, Princess Marina Sturdza, Lady Rosie Kershaw, H E Robin Barnett, Digby Lord Jones of Birmingham.

 

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  How to leave a legacy  

Run the Edinburgh Marathon for Hospices of Hope

 

 

Support Stan, Lenny and Matthew as they cycle from Otford to the French twinned-town of Précigné

 

Read about the Hospice in Brasov

 

 

See our latest Newsletter (2.1Mb)

 

 

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