True stories
In the summer of 2009 Liuba Popa solicited aid from Hippocrates Center as she was in need of an orthopedic chair. Her family lives in a village from Telenesti district. Liuba’s parents were directed by other parents to request aid from Hippocrates Center where she was provided with necessary orthopedic chair. Hippocrates Center has granted her request but unfourtunatly in the absence of prerequisite cariage and regular contact with phisiotherapist she could not meet the challenging complications of the disability that she suffers from – Cerebral Palsy. In march 2010 within consultations at Hippocrates it was determined that the child had suffered severe changes of the hip joints which with no treatment deteriorates the ability of sitting. Shortly she was urgently consulted by orthopedic specialists from the National Research Institute in the field of Maternal and Child Health and they recommended orthopedic surgical interventions. Liuba’s mother refused this procedure on the grounds that she does not have the money for the trip to the city and living wages as both parents are currently unemployed. At the Hippocrates Board meeting it was decided that the family would be helped, so that the child doesn’t loose any more time for surgegical treatment. Receintly Liuba had succesfull orthopedic surgery at both of her hips and at the moment being she needs to consolidate bones and to start physical therapy. |
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The project PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC HELP AT HOME started in 2004 to enable 14 bedridden children to benefit from physical therapy and occupational therapy at home on a weekly basis. The severity of these children's conditions – who have incurable and, sometimes, progressive diseases – and the poor financial status of the families provided the impetus for us to provide these services, which have proved to have a major impact on the children’s lives. By means of this project, we want to draw the public’s attention to the fact that a having an incurable condition does not mean that a child is untreatable. By using physiotherapy in the advanced stages of many chronic diseases, we can significantly improve the quality of life of our patients by preventing painful complications and improving parent-child relationships. |
















