Art and Reflexology in chemotherapy rooms!

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Since last year, the Civil Will Foundation signed an agreement with the National Foundation "Where I want to be" “Donde quiero estar”, to work on a project that aims to humanize cancer treatment and accompany people suffering from cancer, as well as their family , with a treatment that fuses art and reflexology inside the chemotherapy room.

Reflexology is a form of alternative medicine that uses massage techniques that are applied to the feet and hands, where all body, organic, bone and glandular structures are represented anatomically; and through the stimulation of the reflex points with massages, pressures and rubs, it seeks to restore health in the patient, release energy and emotional blockages, stimulate blood and nerve circulation, and induce a body relaxation of the whole organism.

This foundation began in 2006, in a single Hospital. Then it was replicated there, within the same Health center. With the passage of time, it was gaining strength as the task they performed was successful, so it expanded to different parts of the country. Today they settled in six provinces and there are 21 Public Hospitals that are receiving the program.

The article here

Their website here

Accredation for oncology hospital providing holistic approach.

It seems in order to earn accredation a holistic approach to treating oncology patients is required,

reflexology included!

The Montefiore Hospital has earned the Bupa Cancer Survivorship Programme accreditation as well as the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark.

“As well as up-to-the-minute medical care, the St Ann’s Well Suite, staffed by highly experienced nurses who are Macmillan-registered, offers emotional and practical support and alternative therapies such as acupuncture, reflexology and aromatherapy.

Spire Healthcare, which runs the Montefiore, said: “This national assurance reflects the hospital’s commitment to providing a holistic approach to treating patients in its dedicated oncology unit, the St Ann’s Well Suite.

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Wessex Cancer Trust centre

We have complimentary therapies too so aroma therapy, massage, reflexology, facials and a few others including reiki.’ Tina says the Wessex Cancer Trust centre is about providing a holistic approach for people with cancer and dealing with the mental side affects of a diagnosis. For many, it is this they need help with once their treatment has come to an end. Tina adds: ‘The hospital meets the clinical needs but we meet the mental and wellbeing needs.

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/health/meet-the-people-running-a-cancer-centre-aiming-to-make-patients-feel-better-1-8640449