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  • Ouarda, who first came to the ward when she was 13, having a chat with the medical personnel in the corridor. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 07/06/10

  • Dr DelŽpine, at the reception desk of her pediatric cancer ward, with Na•ma. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 27/05/10

  • Jonathan, 23, waiting for the doctors in his room. His cancer began on his hip. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 27/05/10

  • Laura, 19, making a picture of her cab driver, Franck, who drives her to the hospital from Metz, where she lives. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Two nurses hanging out in the corridor, and Carl, 14 years old. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Francine, cleaning the window of the nurses' office. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Carine, Fred and Pierrette, nurses, going over patients' files and reading the paper. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Laura, 19, crying after the nurse's third attempt to find a vein for he injection.


    Garches - France - 02/02/11

  • Carl, 14, putting on his prothesis.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Carl, 14, in his room. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 01/06/10

  • Laura, 19, getting some warmth off the sun, in the courtyard. Her chemo behind her. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 03/06/10

  • Laura, 19, studying physics, with a teacher from high school. She will graduate in a few months. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 03/06/10

  • Medication ready to be distributed to patients. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 07/06/10

  • Salah, and his son Marwan, 11, in his hospital room, during a physiotherapy session. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 27/05/10

  • Salah buttoning up the pyjamas of his son Marwan, 11, who is in a coma. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 07/06/10

  • Bintou, 22, putting some makeup on, on her hospital bed. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 07/06/10

  • Ludovic, 24, about to have the evolution of the tumor on his right shoulder evaluated. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 22/06/10

  • Dr Nicole DelŽpine, interacting with Laura, one of the patients of her pediatric cancer ward. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 22/06/10

  • Nicolas, 4, talking in his mother's ear. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 21/09/10

  • Nicolas, 4, fighting not to get an injection, and being restrained by his mother and a nurse, under the supervision of his father. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 29/06/10

  • Carine, a nurse, goes through the steps she will have to take to make the injection she needs to do to Nicolas, 4. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 29/06/10

  • Nicolas, 4, playing with his lego fire truck, moments after he has been connected to the chemo injector. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 29/06/10

  • Nicolas, 4, with his two parents in the corridor of the hospital, playing with a water filled syringe. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 02/07/10

  • Anne-So, a nurse preparing an injection for a patient in the nurse's office. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 11/07/10

  • Nurse ValŽrie, talking with Nicolas, 4, to convince him of having an injection. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 20/07/10

  • Nicolas, 4, about to go through the scanner. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 13/09/10

  • Jonathan, 23, discussing his treatment with Vivianne, a nurse. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 26/08/10

  • Medical personnel chatting in the nurses' office. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 21/09/10

  • Nurse Sophie, and Matteo, getting ready to draw some blood from her.


    Garches - France - 10/09/10

  • Laura playing "boulles" after her operation on her right forearm, in the courtyard, with Mansour, another patient. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 21/09/10

  • Nurse Fred, drinking some champagne with some colleagues, as he is leaving to go to another ward. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 13/10/10

  • Pauline, one of the "women in pink", an organisation of retired volunteers who come to hospital wards to profide entertainment for the patients. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 25/01/11

  • MŽlanie, 24, eating lunch in her room. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 09/11/10

  • MŽlanie with Dr GŽrard DelŽpine, her surgeon, going over the details of an upcoming procedure. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 09/11/10

  • Ludovic, after his surgery on his right shoulder. Hôpital Raymond Poicaré, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 16/11/10

  • Ouarda and Mansour, two patients who are now engaged. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 30/11/10

  • Jonathan kissing his girlfriend Ade, during the christmas party of the ward. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 11/12/10

  • Jonathan having an x-ray taking on his own bed. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 14/12/10

  • Jonathan's grave.


    Le M - France - 09/02/11

  • Joelle, Jonathan's mother, a few weeks after his passing, in the living quarter of the ward. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 02/02/11

  • Annie and David, Nicolas' parents looking for alternative medical options online. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 18/01/11

  • Nicolas, 4, and his parents commenting on his drawings.


    Garches - France - 18/01/11

  • A nurse sorting some medical equipment in the nurses' office. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 18/01/11

  • Matteo rolling down the ward's corridor, on his chemo pump. H™pital Raymond PoicarŽ, in Garches.


    Garches - France - 02/02/11

Story

What does a pediatric cancer ward consist of?
Nurses, doctors, patients, their parents, teachers.
Chemos, laughters, pancakes, fits.
Encounters, friendships, new arrivals and departures.
In a nutshell: life.

This story was made over a year, in this one pediatric cancer ward in the Hôpital Raymond Poicaré in Garches, near Paris. It aimed at representing the daily life of such a place, where some have come on their own will (the medical personnel) and some have been forced their (patients and their families), and they all have to share it, day in and day out.

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