The Hospice
When Sister Priscilla arrived at the Holy Cross mission in 2000, the immediate and pressing need was for the provision of a hospice. The spread of AIDS was rising and the death toll in the region was mounting. At that time, Sister was fortunate that two German doctors had joined her at the Mission in 2001 to study the effects of AIDS and to assist her in the clinic.
Together with the doctors, Sister Priscilla raised the necessary funds and went about converting the derelict stables on the Mission in to a 40 bed hospice. When it was completed in 2002, the hospice could cater for couples, individual patients, children and infants thereby providing a sanctuary for the terminally ill members of the community and a place where they could die with dignity. There are no other similar facilities in the area.
The hospice is staffed by a trained nurse and periodically by Caregivers.
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