SINGAPORE – Volunteers of CARE (Catholic
AIDS Response Effort) continue to visit and minister to AIDS and
HIV-positive patients at the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan
Tock Seng Hospital. This despite hospital regulations that
discourage visits because of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome), said Mr Michael Health Yeo, acting president of the
archdiocesan body. Volunteers also befriend and journey with
families of the patients to help them to reconcile with each
other. Since last year, CARE has also started housing and
caring for patients abandoned by their families.
During the peak of SARS, the organisation started to visit
churches to make parishioners aware of their ministry and to
recruit volunteers. Recruitment is still ongoing. An intensive
training on ministering to AIDS/HIV-positive patients is jointly
provided by CARE and CDC.
For more information contact: Michael Heath Yeo
6733-7197/9746-2297.
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