Pediatric Palliative Care Center Casa Angelus

In summer 2017, in the village of Isacova, Orhei district, FFMS Angelus Moldova opened the first Pediatric Palliative Care Center ,,Casa Angelus’’

Eligible pathologies for admission are:

  • - Incurable conditions for which curative treatment may be feasible but may fail (cancer, heart failure, kidney failure, etc.)
  • - Conditions where premature death is inevitable but long periods of treatment can improve prognosis and quality of life (muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, HIV/AIDS)
  • - Progressive conditions with no curative treatment options, palliative treatment being the only option: chromosomal abnormalities (Down syndrome, Turn syndrome, Klyndfelter syndrome, Rett syndrome, Dravet syndrome, lipofuscinosis); progressive metabolic diseases; osteogenesis imperfecta; severe grade.
  • - Reduced life expectancy due to accidents and other traumas
  • - Neurological diseases: hydrocephalus; Cerebral Palsy; vegetative state.