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Welcome to Pargalova Rehabilitation Centre
Linked to St Petersburg Regional Children's Hospital

 
 


 
Pargalova is a small town just outside St Petersburg where the Rehabilitation Centre for the St Petersburg Regional Childrens Hospital is located. The building is of timber construction built in the 1950’s and is surround by a wooden fence in six acres of woodland. The director Natalia has a small staff of around 16-18 people who have to work long hours both day and night. Unfortunately the rehabilitation centre gets very little funding as any monies go first to the hospital, so they are always struggling for help. Just recently their caretaker/maintenance man Vladimir, had a severe stroke and this has left them without any help other than some of the staff’s family who come in their spare time to effect repairs. After we renovated the Rehabilitation Centre back in 1996 we saw that nothing had changed since our visit due to lack of funds so we felt that we had to help.

It was not easy to arrange this task as the rehabilitation centre is on the outskirts of the Pargalova which made it difficult to obtain materials etc. We had to go back into the city for most things. Never the less after twelve days hard work, working in temperatures of up to 37c our volunteers managed to renovate six wards, the massage room, repair the hydro-therapy unit, redecorate the downstairs hallway/reception areas, the children’s dining room and the upstairs reception/children’s play area. All these areas where finished off by covering the floors with new linoleum and putting up several large murals in most of the rooms.

The joy on the faces of the staff had to be seen to be believed, and it appears to have given them the lift they all needed which we hope will reflect on the children.

Hall/Reception Area | Hydrotherapy Bath | Childrens Wards | Dining Area | Massage Room

 
 

Have a look at the links above to see how we have started to make a difference to the rehabilitation centre and the lives of the children.