Palliative Care Sierra Leone wishes to support the Connaught Hospital Palliative Care Unit (CPCU) by funding the purchase of 1kg of morphine powder. Please see the Donation page for details.
Visit of Dr Melvina Thompson

In February 2023 some of the Trustees were delighted to meet up with Dr Melvina Thompson in London. She has been working with the Palliative Care service at The Connaught Hospital, Freetown, and does this work alongside her other duties in the hospital. Melvina was in London to spend a month on a stroke unit having won a scholarship from King’s College Hospital.
Trustees Ruth Cecil, Jacqui Boulton and Esther Wigmore met Melvina for lunch and enjoyed hearing all about her experiences. Her visit to the UK included seeing how patients are cared for following a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) and the rehabilitation that many people require. She saw new ways of working as a team and plans to take her ideas back to implement at The Connaught Hospital.
During our time with Melvina she talked with great enthusiasm for her work with the palliative care team and the patients she cared for. It was clear that she had found her ‘passion’ in medicine and is keen to further her studies in palliative care. All of the trustees who met her were encouraged by her commitment and clear understanding of the importance of the palliative care service.
Quiz Night 2023

Autumn/Winter Newsletter 2022
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500th Referral
We want to share the good news from Dr Mary Bunn that the number of referrals to the palliative care unit at The Connaught Hospital has now passed the 500 mark. Read more of this work here.