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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With the project I AM HELPING MY CHILD, the centre’s staff pays special attention to the education of parents and other caregivers of children with special needs. Accurate and appropriate information about the nature and consequences of the children’s conditions may be of real help in alleviating suffering and improving the quality of life. Thus, the parents of children with chronic conditions and disabilities can benefit every Saturday morning from instruction from the centre’s specialists and from those invited from other fields. This theoretical and practical training is dedicated to the issues of nurturing and educating children with chronic conditions. By providing direct services to beneficiaries and opening physiotherapy services in schools and nurseries in both rural and urban areas, the Hippocrates Centre helps to integrate children with chronic illnesses into general community programs for children. As making recovery services accessible is one of main principles of the Hippocrates Centre, its services significantly augment the number of children using effective and safe physical recovery methods. |
















