Centurion Hospice

This is the story about Mary, but is also a story about love, hope, dreams, dignity, quality of life and peace and therefore it is also a story of Palliative care. In 2012 Mary had a stroke which left her semi-paralysed on her right-hand side and speech impaired. But Mary,…

The Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa welcomes the judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal released on 6th December, 2016 which sets aside the court ruling of Judge Fabricius allowing Adv. Strantham-Ford physician-administered euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. The ruling was set aside because of three reasons: Stranstham-Ford had…