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Red Cross Medico-Social Service “Dapamoha”
The Red Cross Medico-Social Service "Dapamoha" (historical name – Visiting Nurses Service of the Belarus Red Cross) was founded in 1964.
The service is unique as it provides the beneficiaries with long-term integrated home-based home, which includes medical and social services, as well as individual care.
The Service includes nurses and junior nurses. Volunteers who provide invaluable care, regular visits and communication support them.
Every year about 1,500 people are provided with free medico-social home care: lonely and living alone elderly people with serious chronic diseases or disabilities, as well as people with special need.
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