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