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First end-of-life care unit for children opens in Tbilisi

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First lady Maka Chichua spoke at the opening of the new children’s hospice in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)
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(DFWatch.)
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(DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After years of fundraising and hard work, a new end-of-life care unit for children living with life limiting illnesses has finally opened in Tbilisi.

The center is a hospice for minors who need a specific type of palliative care. At the opening ceremony on Tuesday,

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Construction work starts on new children's hospice in Tbilisi

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(DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work began Saturday in the north of Tbilisi on what will become in Georgia’s first palliative care center for children.

The initiators of the new hospice marked the start of construction work in the village Dighomi, a Tbilisi suburb.

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