Children's Hospice, a facility where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families can spend their time with support, was established in Yokohama City for the first time in eastern Japan without being attached to a hospital.
The inauguration ceremony was held on the 21st at "Yokohama Children's Hospice-Umi to Sora no Uchi" operated by an NPO corporation in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City.
"Children's Hospice" is for children and their families who live a life-threatening illness such as childhood cancer to play, learn, and spend time with the support of nurses and nursery teachers. It is a facility that can be done.
There are advanced cases in the United Kingdom and other countries, but according to the NPO, "Children's Hospice", which is not attached to a hospital, is the second in Japan and the first in eastern Japan, following the facility in Tsurumi Ward, Osaka. That is.
The facility is expected to accommodate about 3 families a day, and is equipped with a large bath and hammock so that the family can have a good time, and there is also a space where you can interact with the local people.
Naoto Tagawa, the representative director of an NPO corporation who lost his 6-year-old second daughter to a brain tumor, said, "I want to heal the whole family with seriously ill children and aim to be a facility that fulfills their dreams and wishes. It's a place to share a good time in the meantime, so please come visit us once. "