Sydenham: A Sydenham hospice has banked a £1m cheque after winning the world's largest humanitarian prize.
The presentation of the Conrad N Hilton Foundation Award to St Christopher's Hospice, Lawrie Park Road, took place in New York last week.
Hospice founder and president Dame Cicely Saunders, received the award from United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and Conrad N Hilton Foundation president Steve Hilton.
Dame Cicely said: "Our focus on heart and mind led to the combination of science with unconditional care and regard.
"Whether in African or Indian villages or in sophisticated hospitals, people need the skilled nursing care and expertise that will improve symptom control, matched with concern for them as individuals."
December 4, 2001 18:11
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