University student Phoebe Wee has come to terms with the inevitability of death through volunteering at Assisi Hospice over the past four years. The 20-year-old has seen a fair share of deaths — many of the patients at the hospice's day care centre have a prognosis of one year or less. 'It really never gets easier,' Wee said in an...
PUBLISHED ONUniversity student Phoebe Wee has come to terms with the inevitability of death through volunteering at Assisi Hospice over the past four years.
Among those patients was Patrick Perera, who died in July 2023. Wee remembered him as a "cheerful guy" who charmed everyone in the hospice with his singing. Starting out with "ad-hoc activities" at a day care centre, Wee began volunteering with Assisi Hospice in 2020 after she decided to be more proactive with her volunteering work.
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