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帕巴喃普寺“慈善之家”——艾滋病患者最后的家
2010-09-29 10:02:52 来源：国际在线专稿 编辑：孙亚萍
国际在线报道（驻泰国记者 任芊）：作为目前医学界最难以克服的病症之一，艾滋病正在以迅猛的传播速度严重威胁着人类健康和社会发展。众多艾滋病患者承受着来自社会和家庭的歧视和不理解，在绝望中等待生命的终结。而在泰国，有一家寺庙却以接收艾滋病患者为己任，几十年如一日收留和照顾无家可归的艾滋病患者，成为众多艾滋病患者生命中最后的家。
位于泰国中部华富里府的帕巴喃普寺座落在连绵青山之中。走进环绕着青草树丛的寺庙，迎面而来的是两块分别用白色和黑色字母组成的艾滋病和艾滋病毒的巨大标志，强烈的视觉反差提醒人们这座寺庙的特殊之处。乌冬帕差通说：“我希望他们能够安详地离开这个世界。”
帕巴喃普寺住持乌冬帕差通在接受记者采访时这样说道。对于艾滋病患者尤其是许多晚期患者来说，等待死亡已经不是一件可怕的事情。在这座寺庙里，这些被社会和家庭抛弃的艾滋病患者能够在关爱中有尊严地走完人生最后一段路程。
57岁的乌冬帕差通是帕巴喃普寺“慈善之家”项目的创始人。多年前，他在化缘途中偶然看到被医院嫌弃的艾滋病晚期患者因为生活无法自理和缺乏及时治疗孤独而悲惨地死去，就萌生了帮助他们的想法。1990年，两名被家人抛弃的艾滋病患者来到寺庙里请求帮助，乌冬帕差通接收了他们，随后他于1992年正式创办了以收容和照顾艾滋病人为宗旨的“慈善之家”项目。乌冬帕差通说：“最初我看到许多艾滋病患者因为被医院放弃而死亡，进而发现这是社会上普遍存在的一个严重问题，人们都因为害怕感染而歧视他们，许多艾滋病人也因此被家庭抛弃。1992年起，越来越多的人来到寺庙，我开始为他们建造房屋，给他们提供住所，让他们生活在这里直到生命终结。”
但是项目成立初期却受到了种种阻挠，寺庙所在地村民们因为害怕被感染都坚决反对，乌冬帕差通用各种方式，试图让他们理解自己和寺庙的做法。乌冬帕差通说：“（项目成立最初）大概有三年的时间，我都是自己陪着这些患者并照顾他们，那时候大概有30名患者住在这里，其中一些最终还是在没有家人的陪伴下死去。随着更多的患者来到这里，我开始为他们建造更多的房屋，而这时候一些医生和护士也慕名来到这里帮助我，慢慢的附近村民也理解了，甚至主动来到这里当志愿者帮助患者们。”
18年间，帕巴喃普寺共接收了超过30000名艾滋病患者，其中超过10000名患者在寺庙中度过了生命中最后的时光。目前寺庙中共有约140名艾滋病患者，其中50名病情严重的患者被安置在特别病房中，其他患者则住在寺庙为他们建造的房屋内。
走进病重患者的特别病房，一股与窗外阳光和清新的空气截然不同的气息扑面而来，其中夹杂着浓重的消毒水味道，不大的病房里排列着近40张床位，几乎所有人脸上除了麻木和绝望，看不到任何其它表情。45岁的英亚因为注射毒品而感染艾滋病毒。经过治疗，他的身体得到一定恢复。英亚说：“当时与人共用针头的时候根本顾不上想太多，脑子里只想先满足毒瘾，后来发现手臂上接受注射的地方非常痒，经过验血才知道感染了艾滋病毒。来到这里以后不但有医生治疗而且还提供免费药品，现在身上一些很严重的症状有所缓解，身体也有所恢复了。现在这里的生活很好，我不会去想未来，我也不害怕死亡。”
从最开始的不被理解到现在，寺庙住持乌冬帕差通度过了一段艰难的时期，但是随着泰国社会对艾滋病的进一步了解，人们对艾滋病患者的理解和宽容也在增加，许多人知道帕巴喃普寺的慈善行为后，纷纷前来探望这里的病人并为寺庙捐款捐物。乌冬帕差通表示，每年有超过10万人通过各种方式为寺庙捐款，此外还有来自世界各地的人们来当短期志愿者。
普里达是曼谷一家公司的人力资源部经理，他代表公司来到寺庙进行捐款，同时也准备将在寺庙里了解到的情况反馈到公司，让大家尽可能来这里继续为病人提供帮助。普里达说：“我们回去会向公司员工们介绍这里的情况，告诉他们这里是怎样帮助艾滋病人的。我觉得这里对艾滋病人来说是一个很好的疗养院，为他们提供治疗和照顾，通常患有艾滋病的人会觉得失去一切很绝望，但是来到这里他们会有一种得到重生的感觉。这是很值得关注的项目，非常好。”
帕巴喃普寺一名不愿透露姓名的志愿者表示，他已经在这里工作了3年。他说：“现在社会上人们还是普遍存在歧视艾滋病患者的心理，虽然许多人都知道艾滋病并没有想象中的可怕，正常的接触方式不会导致传播，但是人们普遍还是对艾滋病人有畏惧心理，因此许多被遗弃到这里的病人都是因为被人歧视被人嫌弃，因为没有人敢也没人愿意照顾他们。一般情况下一些晚期艾滋病人皮肤上会有脓包和伤疤，会害怕是人之常情，所以我们也要做好一切预防感染和保护自己的措施。”
除了收容成年艾滋病患者之外，帕巴喃普寺庙也接收从母亲身上感染病毒的艾滋病儿童以及父母因为艾滋病死亡的孤儿，并在距离寺庙88公里的地方建立了“慈善之家”项目的分支机构，让他们能和普通孩子一样享受正常上学的机会。乌冬帕差通住持表示：“我相信，这些孩子长大之后能够像普通人一样工作和照顾自己，因为他们接受教育有文化，许多孩子长大后都学业有成，一些孩子也会选择继续留在寺庙里照顾艾滋病人。”
虽然泰国政府近年来采取了一系列针对性措施，但是泰国艾滋病现状仍然十分严竣，泰国卫生部最新统计数据显示，目前泰国有超过50万人感染艾滋病毒，如何公正对待艾滋病人也是目前社会上急需解决的问题。帕巴喃普寺“慈善之家”项目基金会主席维猜表示：“目前最大的问题主要是人的问题，患者接受治疗后身体有所好转能够生活自理的话，就应该让他们回到社会上，与自己的家庭在一起，并从事一定的工作，但是事实是社会和家庭都对艾滋病人有歧视情绪。我们也想呼吁社会各届尽量宽容地接受艾滋病人，他们也和普通人一样有自己的思想、自己的能力，如果社会上能够普遍认可他们的存在，这个问题就能够更好的得到解决。”
2010-09-29 10:02:52 Source: International Online Zhuangao edit: Sun Yaping
International online coverage (press any Chin in Thailand): As the medical profession one of the most difficult to overcome the disease, AIDS is spread at a rapid rate of serious threat to human health and social development. Many AIDS patients suffer from discrimination and social and family do not understand, in despair waiting for the end of life. In Thailand, there is a temple mission is to receive AIDS patients, several decades, the homeless shelter and care for AIDS patients, as many AIDS patients in the last home life.
Lopburi in central Thailand in the Paba Nan Pu Temple House is located in the rolling into the Castle Peak. Into the grass around the trees of the temple, were greeted by two white and black letters with AIDS and HIV great logo, a strong visual contrast to remind people so special about this temple. Udon poor Pa Tong said: "I want them to leave this world peacefully."
Paba Nan Pu Udon Pa Abbot poor pass in the interview says. For many AIDS patients, especially patients with advanced, waiting for death is not a terrible thing. In this temple, which was abandoned by society and family in the care of AIDS patients to walk life with dignity in the last journey.
Udon, 57, poor communication is Paba Nang Pa Pu Temple "Charity House" project founder. Years ago, he was begging on the way came across patients with advanced AIDS hospital despise because life can not take care of themselves and the lack of timely treatment to die lonely and miserable, on the initiation of the idea of helping them. In 1990, two AIDS patients abandoned by their families came to the temple to ask for help, poor pass Udon Pa received them, and then he was officially founded in 1992 to house and care for AIDS in human purpose of "charity house" project. Udon poor Pa Tong, said: "Initially I saw many AIDS patients died because the hospitals have given up, and then found that this is a serious social problem of widespread, people are discriminated against them because of fear of infection, many people with AIDS has therefore been abandoned the family. In 1992, the more and more people came to the temple, I began to build houses for them, give them shelter and let them live here until the end of life. "
However, the early years of the project has been all kinds of obstruction, the temple where the villagers for fear of being infected are firmly opposed to poor general Udon Pa ways, trying to get them to understand themselves and the practice of the temple. Udon poor Pa Tong, said: "(project set up initially) about three years time, I stay with these patients are their own and take care of them, and then about 30 patients to live here, some of them eventually in the absence of family accompanied by death. As more patients come here, I started to build more houses for them, and this time attracted a number of doctors and nurses are here to help me, slowly understanding the nearby villagers, and even take the initiative When the volunteers here to help patients who. "
18 years, Paba Nan Pu Temple received a total of more than 30,000 AIDS patients, of which more than 10,000 patients spent his life in the temple the last time. At present the temple, about 140 AIDS patients the CPC, including 50 seriously ill patients were placed in the special ward, other patients living in the temple they built the house.
Seriously ill patients into the special wards, an out of the window the sun and with the distinct flavor of fresh air blowing, which mixed with the heavy smell of disinfectant, not a ward with 40 beds arranged in almost all face in addition to numbness and despair, do not see any other expression. 45-year-old British Asian because of HIV infection in injection drug users. After treatment, his body a certain recovery. British Asia, said: "At the time when sharing needles with others not attend to think too much, my mind just want to satisfy the addiction first, and later found on the arm where the injection is very itchy, after a blood test to know infected with the HIV virus. came here, not only medical treatment but also to provide free drugs, and now some very severe symptoms who have eased, the body has been recovered. Now life is good here, I do not think about the future, I do not fear death . "
From the very beginning were not understood until now, the temple abbot Udon Pa poor through having a hard time, but as the Thai society further understanding of AIDS, people with AIDS is also increasing understanding and tolerance, many people Nan Pu Temple know Paba act of charity after the patients have come to visit here and donated money for the temple. Udon Pa poor pass that more than 10 million people each year through a variety of ways for temple donations, in addition to people from around the world come to when the short-term volunteers.
Puli Da Bangkok Human Resources Manager of a company, he came to the temple to make contributions on behalf of the company, but also ready to understand the situation in the temple back to the company, so we try to come here to continue to provide assistance to patients. Pu Lida said: "We go back and introduce employees to the situation here, told them how to help people with AIDS. I think people here, AIDS is a good nursing home, providing them with treatment and care, people with AIDS often lose everything that is desperate, but here they get there will be a feeling of rebirth. This is a project worthy of attention, very good. "
Paba Nan Pu Temple volunteer who asked not to be named, said he has worked here for 3 years. He said: "Now the community is still widespread discrimination against people living with AIDS in psychology, although many people know that AIDS did not imagine the terrible, the normal means of contact will not cause transmission, but is still widespread fear of AIDS has psychological , so many patients abandoned here been discriminated against because of being mind, because no one dares no one willing to take care of them. In general a number of people with advanced HIV have pustules on the skin and scars, fear is human only human, so we have to take all preventive measures for infection and to protect themselves. "
In addition to hosting adult AIDS patients, the Paba Nan Pu also received from the mother temple of HIV-infected children and their parents because of AIDS deaths of orphans, and 88 km away from the temple where the establishment of the "Charity House" project branches , so that they can enjoy a normal and ordinary, like a child the opportunity to go to school. Udon Pa poor through Abbot said: "I believe that these children grow up to like people, work and take care of themselves, because their access to education culture, and many children grow up to have academic success, children will choose to continue stay in the temple to take care of AIDS. "
Although the Thai government adopted a series of targeted measures in recent years, but still very grave situation of AIDS in Thailand, Thailand, the latest Health Ministry statistics show that more than 50 million people in Thailand infected with HIV, how to treat people with AIDS is currently the fair society urgent problem. Paba Nan Pu Temple "Charity House" project-dimensional guess President of the Foundation, said: "The biggest problem is people's problem, the patient improved after treatment the body can look after themselves, then it should allow them to return to the community , together with their families, and to engage in certain kinds of work, but the fact is that society and the family feeling of discrimination against people with AIDS. We would also like to appeal to tolerance, as circles of society to accept people with AIDS, they are just like normal people have their own ideas, their own ability, if the community would generally recognize their existence, this problem can be solved better. "
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