A trained team of more than 800 volunteers devote thousands of hours each year to support the hospital staff and patients.

The role of the nurse is to care for, to comfort and to support patients and their families in all stages of health and disease.

The hospital has been using mechanical devices to support patients with end-stage heart failure since the 1980s.

Some will need retraining others will need more back up support to give them time to carry to support patients.

There is a team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to support patients during their hospital stay.

Money that once supported patients in hospitals was supposed to follow them to support their treatment in the communities where they settled after their release.

An examination table (or exam table) is used to support patients during medical examinations.

Its aim is to support patients with renal problems, and to aid their families.

One measure of the increase is the growth in care provided by hospices, groups that support patients who choose to die at home.

Therefore, I believe that the institutions have a responsibility not to underestimate this disease and to take concrete action to support patients and their families.