First Swiss hospice for terminally and critically ill children closes a gap in care

First Swiss hospice for terminally and critically ill children closes a gap in care 
NZZ; by Erich Aschwanden, Reidbach near Bern, Switzerland; 8/12/24 
As many as 10,000 children and young people in Switzerland live with life-shortening illnesses. Because the state does not help support efforts to care for them in special facilities, private organizations are stepping in. ... Switzerland's first children's hospice is located in a converted farmhouse in Riedbach, a small hamlet on the outskirts of Bern. As idyllic as these surroundings may be, the fate of the children and their families who are taken in by the Allani Foundation is bitter. These are children and young people with life-shortening illnesses such as cancer, genetic defects or neurological diagnoses.