The Pink Park Village, Thailand’s first non-profit holistic centre for underprivileged, terminally ill women suffering from stage-4 breast cancer, is a long-awaited charity project finally seeing the light of day.
A mock-up of how Pink Park Village could look.
Located on 125 rai of land, the Pink Park Village is set for its cornerstone-laying ceremony on Tuesday. The hospice will start caring for breast-cancer patients through its convalescence unit by October of next year.
It is reported that one in 10 women in Thailand will contract breast cancer in her lifetime.
Playing a vital role in the coming-together of the Pink Park Village is the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer Foundation (QSCBCF), at the frontier of the country’s fight against the disease. They offer state-of-the-art medical equipment and internationally recognised approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and research of breast cancer.
The Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer Foundation is taking its efforts to the next stage with this ambitious project geared toward not just holistic care, but diagnosis.
Housed among the scenic rice fields of Minburi, away from the pollution of Bangkok, Pink Park Village will embody perfect calm and provide a serene environment for the ill. Without a doubt, this natural setting promises to play a key role in healing the emotions of breast-cancer patients.
Pink Park Village is designed for its facilities to match its natural surroundings, so patients can find respite and inner peace among the greenery both inside and out — a place where they can truly feel at home.
This internationally recognised approach in caring and treating breast-cancer sufferers taps into their emotional state, reducing stress and anxiety they would otherwise experience, reflecting among other things HM the Queen’s vision for the foundation as a “sanctuary for all women in need”.
The Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer Foundation is led by Dr Kris Chatamra, a leading surgeon in the field of breast cancer. He has dedicated his life to raising the standards of breast-cancer care in a number of ways in this country. One of these was by helping establish the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer at Chulalongkorn Hospital in 2007.
Pink Park Village will be open for the general public to get involved and join the cause through various means. Besides donations, people can plant and donate trees, volunteer during and after the development process of the hospice, and more.
This source first appeared on Bangkok Post Lifestyle.