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The Goldfields' Choice
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Hospice no more?
More than 1 000 patients, orphans and elderly affected Marti Will A LARGE chunk of the heart of the Goldfields will disappear when Goldfields Hospice is forced to close at the end of February. When this calamity becomes a reality, the more than 1 000 people the hospice currently cares for will be left destitute. This includes the 257 patients, the 225 OVCs (orphans and vulnerable children) and the 600 household members now in the hospice’s care. When Goldfields Hospice closes, these people will lose their wheelchairs and all other hospice equipment they now have access to. Most of the patients are extremely poor and in dire need of necessities like food, shelter and clothing. Everything will fall away. “The situation at Hospice is critical. Our staff members have all been given their one month notice letters. If we don’t get serious and sustained cash injections before the end of February, we will cease to exist,” says Marli Young, general manager of Goldfields Hospice. “We are awaiting our Lotto approval. If the Lotto pay-out does not happen, Goldfields Hospice (and its four satellites in Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Thabong and Welkom), will definitely close after 27 years in the community.” “It will truly be a sad day when the Goldfields Hospice finally closes its compassionate doors to the more than 1 000 people it cares for,” says Mnelisi Tshabalala, a board member. “This will be a major loss to the community. There is no other organisation in the Goldfields which renders palliative homebased care. We have a holistic approach,” says Tshabalala. Hospice cares for patients with advanced progressive disease, free of charge. This includes cancer, Aids or
any life threatening illness. “Palliative care focuses more on support than cure. It focuses on adding life to days, rather than days to life. We look at the welfare and wellbeing of the complete family unit,” says Young. Hospice assists patients with pain and symptom management so they can have a better quality of life. They support patients and families during death and dying to promote dignity in death, and they support families after death during the bereavement period. Because of the involvement after death, the organisation has taken on an enormous responsibi-
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“These children are all either infected or affected by a terminal illness, and many of them are orphans. We remain hopeful for a miracle. Some of the staff have indicated that they will remain on a voluntary basis for a while, and the second-hand shop will remain open until all of the stock is sold.” Goldfields Hospice is a non-profit organisation. People who are willing to give fixed monthly contributions towards trying to save the hospice and help to alleviate the operaenormous monthly opera tional requirements would be able to obtain a Section 18A tax exemption certificate.
MARLI YOUNG (right), general manager of Goldfields Hospice, sits with one of the patients, Melody Jose (left). Sister Annah Thebe is one of the hospice’s professional nurses. Photo: Teboho Setana
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lity of OVCs, as many parents die leaving the children destitute. “We try to refer the children to the Department of Welfare so that they can be placed in foster care,” she says. When the Goldfields Hospice Association closes, many people will die alone at home without dignity. The hospice caregivers are their only family. Hospice has 21 staff members, which includes 14 caregivers, who reach most of their patients on foot. Hospice also had to close their day-care centres, where 30 three day care centres pre-schoolers went for love, stimulation and meals.
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