30. the jubilee Parent Zone is now open!
“Parent Zone. Budimex for Children” is a nationwide social program aimed at providing sick children and their caregivers with a comfortable and aesthetic place to spend time together. 30. The zone was established in
the children’s hospital SP ZOZ of the Municipal Hospital Complex in Chorzów at ul. Truchana.
– The opening of the Parent Zone in Chorzów is a special event for us and a kind of anniversary, because it is the 30th hospital with such a place, arranged and implemented by Budimex. Our program is a response to the real problems faced by Polish hospitals, which lack friendly and comfortable spaces where parents and children could spend time together, forgetting about the hardships of the disease for a moment. After 6 years of the program’s existence and analyzing the functioning of the previously opened Zones, it can be safely said that it really contributes to changing the conditions in pediatric wards throughout the country. – emphasizes Dariusz Blocher, President of the Management Board of Budimex SA.
In the hospital at ul. A space has been created where parents will be able to relax on soft sofas, talk and meet with their families. In the part intended for children, there is a colorful slide with a cozy hiding place and a place for drawing or stacking blocks. In addition, for the first time in the history of the program, “Parent Zone. Budimex for children” An outdoor playground was funded. In the inner courtyard of the hospital, through which the escape route ran and was previously inaccessible to patients, a sandpit, swings and greenery appeared. We are very happy that Budimex not only funded the internal Parent Zone, but also responded so openly to our request and developed the previously unused courtyard. We dreamed of a space where children and their guardians would be able to go out and spend time outdoors at least for a moment. I think that this place will serve many of our patients” – said Dr. Jerzy Szarfanowicz, General Director of the Municipal Hospital Complex in Chorzów.
The official opening of the Parent Zone took place on June 13. Traditionally, Budimex volunteers helped with the last works, taking care of important details: they laid grass from a roll, hung pictures and cleaned up the remains of the renovation. In addition, they donated toys that they bought thanks to a collection carried out among their colleagues.
However, the volunteers were not alone. They were supported in their work by the Program Ambassador “Parent Zone. Budimex for Children” actress Agnieszka Grochowska. – That’s it 30 Zone. I’ve been an Ambassador of the program since 2013 and I really don’t know when it flew by! I participate in openings as soon as my professional duties allow it, because I wholeheartedly support such initiatives. The Parent Zone helps children and their parents go through the difficult time of illness. I hope that soon we will celebrate another, maybe 50th anniversary. – Agnieszka Grochowska did not hide her satisfaction.
After the joint work, the official opening took place, which was attended by: Deputy Mayor of the City Mariola Roleder, hospital authorities, special guests, patients with caregivers and the media. In addition, Leszek Naziemiec – Silesian winter swimming champion, coach and children’s physiotherapist raised the topic of the upcoming holidays and the problem of the safety of the youngest while relaxing by the water.
Budimex for children. Parent Zone
Creating more comfortable conditions for parents of sick children to stay with their children in hospital, and thus improving the well-being of children and facilitating their faster recovery is the main objective of the “Parent Zone” social programme implemented by Budimex SA. As part of the program, special zones for parents are separated in children’s wards of Polish hospitals. Depending on the needs and conditions in individual facilities, it may be arranging an unused room or a fragment of a corridor, equipping the hospital with an appropriate number of folding beds or sanitary facilities, or organizing a place to rest and play with children. The main objectives of the Parent Zone programme are: to provide sick children staying in hospital with as long contact with their parents as possible, to reduce stress caused by isolation and lack of contact with parents, to publicise the problem of limited contact between parents and children in paediatric wards and to reduce the time of children’s stay in hospitals. The honorary ambassadors of the program are actress Agnieszka Grochowska and Dariusz Wardziak, known as Darek Stolarz in TV programs.
