The nurse priest of a palliation ward in Brașov explains the main need of patients: To be listened totranslated

The Palliative Care Department of the Brașov Pneumophthisiology and Infectious Diseases Hospital moved to a new facility last year, with all the necessary facilities. Although it is not yet operating at full capacity, pending the release of positions for doctors and nurses, waiting lists of patients are in the order of dozens.

The department was established in 2018, and during the pandemic it was transformed into the Covid Department, after which it returned to its original purpose: palliation services.

"For a few years we have had a lot of cases that need palliation. And at younger and younger ages," reports Father Bogdan Brânzea, the hospital's charity priest, who also works as a medical assistant in the Palliative Care department. "Addressability at the ward level is increasing: neoplastic cases, dementias."

Good conditions, insufficient staff The priest, who also served during the pandemic as the hospital's charity priest and ward nurse, has been serving at this medical institution since 2011 and has no plans to move elsewhere. "I came from Dealul Stejărișului in the middle of Brașov. The conditions are very good. The only problem is just...