Copilul născut Prematur,
Un Proiect pentru România, la Alba Iulia.
Copilul născut Prematur,
Un Proiect pentru România, la Alba Iulia.
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Asociația Maria Beatrice

Family story

Poveste de Familie DUMNEZEU CLIPEŞTE! Şi când o face, se (mai) întâmplă astfel de lucruri. “Nu există obstacol pe care să nu-l poţi depăşi. Nu există problemă fără soluție. Sunt două dintre axiomele ce mi-au ghidat viața, iar ambele şi-au demonstrat mereu valabilitatea. Până într-o zi când soluţiile s-au dovedit provizorii, iar realitatea a lovit unde doare cel mai profund. Dar, dacă e să spunem o poveste, să începem cu un „A fost odată ca niciodată… fericirea...
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Tudor’s story

Tudor’s story Tudor is now an ambitious and optimistic schoolboy! In 2015, Tudor didn’t speak, wasn’t responsive, didn’t eat much, didn’t sit still. Now we have an ambitious, optimistic schoolboy who reads, thinks, does mathematical calculations! Tudor dresses and undresses himself, he likes swimming (he goes to the pool independently); cycle long distances; walks with Canadian crutches outside for distances of 400-500 meters with small stops; walks with one hand su...
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Carina’s story

Carina’s story Carina uses her glove again! “This experience put a smile in our souls again Carina was a normal, very cheerful child who made our life a story. But one year ago, on May 6, our life changed radically. He got sick at home so we went to the first hospital for help. When we got home, I could feel something was wrong, so I went to another hospital. At the age of 1 year and 3 months, Carina suffered an ischemic stroke. Our world fell apart, it was extremely difficult to acc...
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Philip’s story

Philip’s story “… I like to think that I’m a responsible mother, when I got pregnant I went to my monthly check-ups during pregnancy, I did my tests on time, I took the necessary supplements. I was on my second birth and I did my best that everything would be fine and the pregnancy would go as smoothly as possible. And it was. A smooth pregnancy, everything was like a dream. That is why the shock of what followed was even stronger. The night before the contractions starte...
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Antonia’s story

Antonia’s story Antonia takes her first steps on short distances!! We are from Bucharest and for 5 years we have been visiting hospitals and clinics and we have hoped with this brave little girl that the day will come when she will take her first steps and look, it is possible! After having a successful myofasciotomy operation in Germany by Dr Peter Bernius from Schon Klinik Munich, to reduce spasticity, Antonia arrived at the Maria Beatrice Center where she has so far performed 3 sessions...
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I didn’t always know “what I want to be when I grow up

I was a first-year student at the Faculty of Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Balneophysiokinetotherapy and Medical Recovery profile. I had to follow the specialized practice during the summer and so I chose to learn what it means to be a physiotherapist at the Maria Beatrice Center in Alba Iulia. Since then I knew that the perfect place to learn and develop was here. After graduating from college, I came back and submitted my CV, after the two weeks of trial, I was accepted, I was so excited that I wan...
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From performance swimmer to children’s magician

I’m Crăciun Alina Diana, I’m 32 years old, I’m a physiotherapist, and in May 2015 I stepped into the Maria Beatrice center for the first time, as a hydro-kinesitherapist, that’s because the water was my second home, being a former performance swimmer. Before I got here, I was teaching kids to swim and doing post-traumatic aquatic recovery with adults. In the first days I experienced a lot of moods generated by the fear of not being good enough. I was overwhelmed with emo...
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How two teachers from Alba Iulia ended up setting up a national pediatric center

Maria Beatrice’s parents are fighting to give a chance to thousands of other children who are born prematurely in Romania and need recovery. Text by Vlad Odobescu Iulia and Sebastian Onac met in high school, and after that their lives took them in different directions for a while. However, they both became teachers — she of English, he of computer science — and they met again at a baccalaureate exam. From there their relationship bonded and they formed a family. Their baby girl, Maria...
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Women of 10 with Marina Almașan

  “…Eu însămi sunt mama unui copil cu paralizie cerebrală și cunosc problema din interior” – interviu cu IULIA GABRIELA ONAC, vicepreședinte și co-fondator al Asociației non-guvernamentale “Maria Beatrice” I bow to people who overcome their condition and perform miracles. Of those who have so much love for fellow human beings in them, that they cannot go through life thinking only of themselves, but always feel the need to do something for those around them....
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Tudor’s story
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