《財富》500強平民英雄大盤點

????戴維?普倫德加斯特博士：創建兒童臨終關懷醫院

????年齡：41歲

????職務：人類學家

????任職公司：英特爾

????地理位置：萊克斯利普，愛爾蘭

????2008年，戴維?普倫德加斯特的女兒貝絲被診斷出患有白血病。從那之后，他才知道，有類似遭遇的家庭應該得到更好的臨終關懷。在貝絲生命的最后六天負責照顧她的家庭病房護理人員更習慣照顧成年人，“盡管付出了最大的努力，但貝絲還是在經歷過許多痛苦之后離開了我們，”普倫德加斯特說。很快，他便與珍妮?麥金納合作，幫助她成立愛爾蘭第一家臨終患兒關懷醫院（上圖中右側為普倫德加斯特，左側為麥金納）。麥金納曾經失去過兩個孩子。普倫德加斯特曾多次在媒體中露面，尋求政府對這項事業的支持。僅從英特爾的同事那里便募得了100,000美元。英特爾為新大樓捐贈了專業IT服務，而為了接納患者家庭，普倫德加斯特與建筑師們對細節進行了大量修改。2011年，勞拉林恩，愛爾蘭臨終兒童關懷醫院（LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice）成立，一舉開創了愛爾蘭兒童護理領域的先河。

????Dr. David Prendergast

????Age 41

????Occupation Anthropologist

????Company Intel

????Location Leixlip, Ireland

????After leukemia claimed David Prendergast’s toddler daughter, Beth, in 2008, he knew the end-of-life experience could be better for families in similar situations. The home-care aides that tended to Beth during her final six days were more used to dealing with adults, and “despite best efforts, Beth died in quite a lot of pain,” Prendergast says. He immediately teamed up with Jane McKenna, a mother who had lost two children of her own, to help her establish Ireland’s first hospice for terminally ill children (Prendergast is pictured above, left with McKenna). Prendergast made multiple media appearances to drum up national support for the cause and raised just under $100,000 with his fellow Intel employees. Intel donated specialized IT services for the new building, and Prendergast worked with architects on myriad details to accommodate families. LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, opened in 2011, setting a new precedent for children’s care in the country.