I meant to write about this sad little story back when I heard about it. I remembered again when I was chatting to one of the hospice patients yesterday and felt compelled to pen a line.
St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney is a really brilliant charity. They take care of the terminally ill in a very sensitive way – supporting their families, the patients and their carers. The things they do ensure that when people are at the end of their life, they and those around them are made to fell as comfortable and supported as possible.
So it’s particularly sad to learn that one of their ambulances was stolen from the hospice car park. The large white £40,000 VW van which had the word AMBULANCE written on the side, was used to take terminally ill patients to and from the hospice, and was one of only 2 ambulances owned by the hospice.
Sadly, it’s still not been found and they are having to spend a lot of money hiring buses and drivers for the patients.
I mean, how low do you have to be to steal a hospice ambulance?
Anyone with information about the ambulance which was stolen in February 2008, is being asked to contact Hackney Borough motor vehicle unit on 0207 275 3604.
Or maybe, if there’s a nice big benevolent buisness person reading this, maybe, y’know, being a new financial year and everything – you could just buy them a new one. Now there’s a nice idea for a Thursday.
Here’s a link to their website and what they do: and a story that ran on the beeb about it.
