A special place in our hearts

Patients talk movingly in TV3’s tribute to Cork City’s Marymount Hospice, where the emphasis is on living, and not death, says Joe McNamee.

SITTING at her bedside, balancing appropriate medical care and the emotional well-being of his patient, Dr Tony O’Brien asks “what are you hoping for now, Lynn? What do you want for yourself?”

“What do I want for myself?” she says. “Just a peaceful, nice end to my life.”