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Perinatal Palliative Care Guide launched

Sue Boucher — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:05:01 +0000

Perinatal Palliative Care Guide launched in Pregnancy & Infancy Loss Awareness month October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. It is a time when families and their loved ones remember babies gone too soon. Perinatal Palliative Care: A guide to supporting families when a baby is at high risk of dying before [...]

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Patch Academy launched on International Childhood Cancer Day

Sue Boucher — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:00:23 +0000

Today, Monday 15 February 2021 is International Childhood Cancer Day. Benjamin Hawkes was just 10 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) and over the next ten months he underwent chemotherapy, limb salvage surgery and radiation therapy. A clear PET scan at the end of this arduous treatment was cause for [...]

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PatchSA pilots new training materials in 5-day course held in Knysna

Sue Boucher — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:10:00 +0000

In an exciting new phase in the development and roll out of our education programme, generously funded by the Discovery Fund, PatchSA was excited to travel to the beautiful coastal town of Knysna to pilot our newly developed training materials on Key Elements of Children's Palliative Care. Hosted by Knysna Sedgefield Hospice, course facilitators, Tracy [...]

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PatchSA expresses deep concern for bereaved families and fellow learners of drowned teenagers

Sue Boucher — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:44:47 +0000

PatchSA (Palliative Treatment for Children South Africa) wishes to express our very deepest sympathy for the families, close friends and fellow learners of the two young teenage boys, Enoch Mpianzi and Keamohetsoe Seboko, who died in separate drowning incidents at the beginning of this school year. In addition to our deep sorrow and compassion for [...]

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When a child is dying, the hardest talk is worth having

fiona — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:05:00 +0000

By Bob Tedeschi Paula Skelley, mother of Lydia Valdez, poses for a portrait with a "memory quilt" made from Lydia's pajamas and bathrobe, in her home on January 21, 2016, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Kayana Szymczak for STAT) When her daughter Lydia Valdez was sick with terminal cancer, Skelley said their open [...]

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