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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

CONCERN

THE OF

HOSPICE CARE, SHE POINTED OUT, WAS A CONCEPT THAT AFFIRMED FULLNESS OF

LIFE, DIGNITY OF DYING AND THE CARING SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

"HOSPICE CARE IS A RELATIVELY NEW IDEA IN THE WORLD AND VERY NEW TO HONG KONG," SHE ADDED.

IT IS

IT HAS

IN ESTABLISHING THE BRADBURY HOSPICE, LADY WILSON SAID OPENED A NEW AND IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN HONG KONG'S MEDICAL HISTORY.

"THE BUILDING, SOON TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THIS SPLENDID SETTING, MAY BE MODEST IN SIZE; BUT THE IDEAL IT EMBODIES IS GRAND IN SCALE.

"THE SCOPE OF THE SOCIETY'S PLANS SHOULD NOT BE

PHYSICAL SIZE," LADY WILSON SAID.

MEASURED BY

WAS THE

WHEN COMPLETED IN 1992, THE BRADBURY HOSPICE, WHICH FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, WOULD OFFER A TOTAL CARE PACKAGE.

SOCIAL

IT WOULD PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TO MANY CANCER SUFFERERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

"EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT IN ORDER TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE, HOSPICE SHOULD NOT BE TOO LARGE, SHOULD BE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL, EQUIPPED WITH UP-TO-DATE FACILITIES WITH TRAINED NURSES, WHO KNOW THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT PAIN CONTROL, LADY WILSON SAID.

EACH YEAR, THE 26 BEDS WOULD SERVE AN ESTIMATED IN-PATIENTS AND THE NURSING STAFF WOULD MAKE 12,000 HOME VISITS.

AND

A

AND

ALL

1,100

THE BUILDING WOULD ALSO HOUSE A CENTRE FOR CANCER EDUCATION AND INFORMATION. THE SOCIETY WOULD USE IT

RESEARCH, AS A PROVIDING TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK WITH

VENUE FOR

TERMINALLY ILL.

THE

THE BUILDING ITSELF WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED $33 BUILD AND FURNISH AND OPERATING COSTS WOULD REQUIRE SOME A YEAR.

$14

MILLION TO MILLION

"SO FAR, $35 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED AND I AM AWARE THAT SOCIETY IS WORKING HARD TO SECURE MORE, LADY WILSON SAID.

..

THE

LADY WILSON ALSO CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE INVOLVED PLANNING OF THIS UNIQUE FACILITY ON THEIR ENTERPRISE

IN THE AND INITIATIVE, ESPECIALLY THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HOSPICE CARE WHICH ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1987,

TODAY ALSO MARKED THE BEGINNING OF HOSPICE WEEK WHICH LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 17.

HAD

WOULD

IT WOULD FEATURE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES ON HOSPICE ALSO FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES.

CARE AND

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"I HOPE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL GIVE GENEROUSLY ΤΟ VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT, LADY WILSON SAID.

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