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CANCER AND PALLIATIVE CARE! One Fijileaks reader wants to know: "Why is there not a centre for Palliative Care and a Hospice for the dying in each division?" WE AGREE! Its time Government set one or more up!

11/5/2015

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We can learn from other parts of the world;this one from Oxford, England

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The Sir Michael Sobell House Hospice is an Oxford based Hospice serving the residents of Oxfordshire affected by life-limiting illness.

In 1976, Sir Michael Sobell and the friends of Sobell House (now the Sobell House Hospice Charity) donated the funds to help build the original hospice. The charity has since raised £3.7 million to build a new twenty bed hospice which was opened in 2003.

For thirty years Sobell House has been providing care and support to thousands, of residents throughout Oxfordshire, affected by life limiting illness. The focus is on the needs of the individual and on those that love them. Multi-disciplinary teams strive to offer dignity, peace, support and freedom from pain. The care is dedicated to the whole person, aiming to meet all their needs - physical, emotional, social and spiritual. The service is free to those who need it regardless of their beliefs, race or age.

The work of Sir Michael Sobell House is recognised as a World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborating Centre for Palliative Care, and this unique establishment contributes to education and research relating to palliative care on an international level.

The work of the hospice currently costs in the region of £3 million a year to run and continues in large part thanks to the work of the Sobell House Hospice Charity and the support shown by individuals and organisations throughout the county.


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Read more on Sobell Hospice and how it can be emulated in Fiji: http://www.sobellhospicecharity.org.uk/about-us/sobell-stories

5 Comments
Chiku
11/5/2015 03:08:00 pm

Let me tell you why. When the political leadership in the country is too preoccupied in enriching themselves and their capitalist cronies their minds are not focused on things that matter for the people.

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Now there are things you not say .......
11/5/2015 05:00:58 pm

Many organisations in Fiji have been cynically (if not allegedly criminally) subverted to provide sinecures for those of rank. Not High Rankmfor they are already taken care of again. One such has provided a living for a person deemed responsible for women suffering from serious metastic breast cancer.

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Dekho
11/5/2015 07:12:00 pm

Why should the people of Fiji be concerned that there is no such institutional facility for the terminally ill to allow the dying to end their last days with dignity and proper care?
The important thing is that we set aside the right kind of resources for the Fiji military .i mean isn't that a priority for our nation of 880,000?

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Don't neglect the elderly
12/5/2015 12:35:00 am

Government is focusing on the young only and has forgotten about the rest especially the elderly. They should remember that the elderly are the ones whose contributions have made Fiji what it is today. Please respect them too.

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And
12/5/2015 11:25:59 pm

Let us remember and not forget that the mob in power took over the country through a military coup and did a phony " democratic " election to maintain their hold on power NOT to serve the people of Fiji BUT to serve THEMSELVES !
And they have been doing a fine job doing THAT!

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