The Mandalia space has adapted its services to containment. It offers accessories available to patients, deposited in a pharmacy in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise).
Posted on Apr 10, 20 at 10:08 am
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Launched in 2019, Mandalia is for women affected by cancer.
This is Laura Melloul, who grew up in Sarcelles, who initiated this activity.
It offers advice and services to patients from around Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise).
Women sometimes alone and isolated, now confronted with confinement and particularly vulnerable to coronavirus.
“I offer personalized support to women with cancer to help them regain their esteem and reintegrate into a living environment,” explains Laura Melloul.
Out of around 40 patients in 2019, it has surpassed a hundred this year.
In normal times, they can go to Mandalia, located in the Le Francilien building (3, boulevard Albert-Camus in Sarcelles).
They find there breast and hair prostheses, as well as lingerie that can be tried on site, in this confidential and discreet space.
“Mandalia is closed to the public, especially since the public in cancer care is at risk from the coronavirus,” says Laura Melloul, who has stopped receiving patients or visiting them at home and at the place of their hospitalization. . She talks to them by phone.
Relay
To enable them to have the services of Mandalia, a relay of accessories adapted to treated patients has been set up in a pharmacy in the Lochères district.
Lise Benibghi-Lachgar, a pharmacist in Sarcelles, involved her pharmacy (open Monday to Friday from 9h to 19h, 23, avenue du 8-Mai-1945) in Mandalia’s action.
Scarves are offered there, free of charge, subject to hospitalization or cancer care.
The bandana is intended for women who do not have hair protection and who can no longer have it since the closure of shops and businesses.
“It’s an accessory that allows them to move around during their treatment session,” adds Laura, who works in conjunction with the services of oncology of the’private hospital North Paris de Sarcelles and theDelafontaine hospital in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Children’s games
In addition to this service for women, Laura Melloul has also started collecting games, books and supplies to keep the children of cancer parents busy.
She has already obtained lots from Auchan de Sarcelles.
“Donations in the form of boxes will be deposited in health care facilities,” says Laura.
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