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| Hospital service remembers young | Hospital service remembers young |
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| Grieving parents and relatives have gathered at a Swansea hospital for a service to remember the children who have died there. | |
| Singleton Hospital called it a chance for "quiet reflection" for those who have lost a child. | |
| The hospital's chaplain said the idea for the service came about because parents often left cards for their children in Singleton's chapel. | The hospital's chaplain said the idea for the service came about because parents often left cards for their children in Singleton's chapel. |
| The hospital is home to Swansea's neo-natal intensive care unit. | The hospital is home to Swansea's neo-natal intensive care unit. |
| "We have a quiet area at the side of the chapel and people had been leaving cards there, sometimes for babies who died some years ago," said the Reverend Philip Gwynn, the hospital's Anglican chaplain. | "We have a quiet area at the side of the chapel and people had been leaving cards there, sometimes for babies who died some years ago," said the Reverend Philip Gwynn, the hospital's Anglican chaplain. |
| We felt we needed to do something to support these parents The Reverend Philip Gwynn, hospital chaplain | We felt we needed to do something to support these parents The Reverend Philip Gwynn, hospital chaplain |
| "They have included 21st birthday cards. Flowers have also been left there." | "They have included 21st birthday cards. Flowers have also been left there." |
| A similar service was held last year, and it was again been timed to give families the chance to take part before seasonal festivities get underway. | |
| Mr Gwynn said that because the loss of a child was sometimes physically experienced in the hospital, some parents might gain comfort from attending the chapel. | Mr Gwynn said that because the loss of a child was sometimes physically experienced in the hospital, some parents might gain comfort from attending the chapel. |
| "We felt we needed to do something to support these parents," he added. | "We felt we needed to do something to support these parents," he added. |
| "The service is timed for the first week in December, so parents can come to this and then look to Christmas, maybe feeling able to enjoy it a little more." | "The service is timed for the first week in December, so parents can come to this and then look to Christmas, maybe feeling able to enjoy it a little more." |
| As well as parents, all members of the families, friends and medical staff were invited to attend. | |
| The hospital said it also welcomed everyone who had suffered such a loss, even if the child died not die at the hospital. | |