From the very beginning of Her existence, the Church has been encouraging Christians to care for the poor and the sick. Such an attitude is the fulfillment of the double commandment of loving the Lord and loving one’s neighbor. It is on fulfilling this commandment that salvation of man depends. Christ does not exclude anyone for religious, social or cultural reasons. The believers undertook numerous charity initiatives and provided institutional care in hospitals and hospices. The attitude profoundly affected the conscience forming of the then active physicians and generations of physicians to come. In time, lay institutions gradually took over patient care. Thus, a need emerges for priests to acquire knowledge of advances in medical sciences and of their ethical assessment. The task is executed by lecturers and authors of textbooks of pastoral medicine. The teaching of the Church supports the thesis that hospitals are the sites where Loving God is present and a school of humaneness.
Prevalence of multifocal fungal infections in patients undergoing permanent immunosuppresion alter renal transplantation. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of fungi in monofocal and multifocal infections in renal transplant recipients. 32 renal transplant recipients were examined for presence of fungi in genital organs, oral cavity and rectum. Fungal strains were recovered in 66 out of 96 samples (68.2% of all renal transplant recipients) in oral cavity (65.6%), rectum (37.5%) and genital organs (25.0%). Monofocal mycosis was found only in 21.9% of the patients. Multifocal infections occurred in 68.2% and contained ontocenoses of oral cavity and rectum (34.4%) the most frequently. Trifocal infection (genital organs - oral cavity - rectum) occurred in 12.5% of all examined renal transplant recipients. The following fungi were found: Candida albicans (31 strains), C. glabrata (5), C. guilliermondii (2), C. krusei (20, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1).
Help for dysfunctional families with children is included in statutory duties of communes. Families, which are having difficulty in correct filling up tasks associated with the care and raising children, can receive the support from the assistant of the family. It is relatively young profession, which was led into the Polish legislation in 2011. The act is exchanging objectives of family assistants in detail. Also supporting families with disabled or chronically ill persons belongs to them.
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Udzielanie pomocy rodzinom dysfunkcyjnym z dziećmi należy do ustawowych obowiązków gmin. Rodziny, które mają trudności w wypełnianiu funkcji opiekuńczo-wychowawczej mogą otrzymać wsparcie w postaci m.in. działań asystenta rodziny. To stosunkowo młody zawód, który został wprowadzony do polskiego prawodawstwa w 2011 roku. Ustawa wymienia szczegółowo zadania asystentów rodzinnych. Należy do nich również wsparcie rodzin z niepełnosprawnymi czy przewlekle chorymi osobami.