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“I think that Christmas means being able to be with my friends and my family, even in the hospital, because I know that the doctors are doing their best to make me better”. These are the words of Giulio, a 15-year-old patient in the Bambino Gesù Hospital, which really convey the feelings of the little ones hospitalized in the Paediatric Hospital of Rome in this period of Advent.Christmas is synonymous with festivity, with families getting together, with children playing.
This was underlined by the President of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Ms. Mariella Enoc, who — in this interview with “” — confides her personal hopes for Christmas and dwells on the importance of sympathetic medical care, as it fosters an empathetic relationship with those who suffer. Q: In this Season of Advent and then of course at Christmas, many people offer to bring presents for the children in the hospital, and this will certainly happen at the Bambino Gesù Hospital as well. What do you think is the greatest gift these children are waiting for?
Actually, in our hospital, families can stay close to their children. Even in intensive care, a family member can stay by the child. This decision was strongly opposed but then it was understood that this presence can really help a child to fight and recover. So we try to let them stay together. Besides, we help families that come from far away, maybe families with only one parent, the mother or the father.
Q: For millions of Ukrainian children, this will be a terrible Christmas, marked by fear and distress. Many children have come from Ukraine to the Bambino Gesù Hospital and still, more are arriving. Some are still hospitalized here. How do you deal with this situation in the hospital, if there is an emergency on top of the daily emergency?
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