Mother of Mercy Hospice

Mother of Mercy Hospice in Chilanga, Zambia, provides care for terminally ill patients, most of whom were HIV positive. The program was established in 1992 and has grown enormously since the first of the hospice buildings was erected for around the clock medical care and palliative support. Today there is a home-based program, a hospice, an out-patient clinic and a school for orphans and vulnerable children.

As of June 2006, the Hospice has been offering free antiretroviral drugs to patients. There are now 1700 clients enrolled in the antiretroviral clinic. There is also an outreach program that follows up on patients who have been discharged from the Hospice and are on antiretroviral drugs. Support groups for persons living with HIV/AIDS have been going since 2004 and free testing for HIV is offered to the community.

Read the latest e-mail sent on November 15, 2011 from Sr. Jeremia Mrowiec at the Mother of Mercy Hospice.