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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Mariam, 11, father's name and family are unknown, who is mentally disabled and was found at the age of two-year and a half left by the gate of St. Joseph’s Hospice, is bathed in a sink by nurse Samina Aqeel, 37, at the children ward of the hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Melda Messi, 65, a Pakistani patient, who suffers a spinal cord injury, waits her turn to a have a physiotherapy session at St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Hina Pal, 26, a Pakistani patient, who suffers a spinal cord injury, and a resident at St. Joseph’s Hospice, attends her daily physiotherapy session where she practices to stand for two hours a day, 6 days a week, at the hospice in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Zohra Hussein, 51, a Pakistani patient who lives at St. Joseph’s Hospice for the last 31 years, lies in her bed having her lunch, at the female ward of the Hospice in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Caleb, who just turned one year-old sits in a bed, while Pakistani nurse Farzana Yassmine, 31, arranges the children room, at St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Eldery Pakistani patients and residents at St. Joseph’s Hospice, from left, Ruth Robet, 60, reads the newspaper next to her roommate, Wazeera, 65, while sitting around the stove part of their morning routine, at the female ward of the hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, Pakistani patients and residents at St. Joseph’s Hospice, Ashiq Kaka, 53, center, and William, 55, both suffered a stroke, sit in the garden part of their daily routine at the hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Pakistani women, who live nearby, pray before walking into the church to attend a Sunday mass, at St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, patients on wheelchairs, and Pakistanis living nearby, pray during a Sunday mass, at St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Margret Walsh, center, an Irish nun who has run St. Joseph’s Hospice as the chief administrator since 2009, comforts, Halima Fatimah, a patient and resident of the hospice, while checking the wards, part of her daily routine, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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This Feb. 15, 2014, photo shows Pakistani patients, sitting in the waiting area for their turn to be examined, at St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, nurse Rakhal, cleans the wounds of Pakistani patient, Zahid Rehmat, 33, who was shot by criminals while trying to rob him, at the male wards of St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Shamshad Kala, a Pakistani patient and resident at St. Joseph’s Hospice, studies English Grammar in a corridor near the female ward, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Pakistani Mohammed Aqeel, 37, who suffered a spinal cord injury and lived at the hospital for the last 13 years, is reflected in his hand mirror while combing his hair before going out to sit in the sun, at the male ward of St. Joseph’s Hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, Sonia Shawkat, 21, a Pakistani nurse, and two adult patients, right, comfort Nisha, 6, a girl, who lives at St. Joseph’s Hospice, shortly before sleeping in her bed, at the children ward of the hospice, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, patients who live at St. Joseph’s Hospice, sit in the sun sorting the vegetables part of their daily routine, outside the female ward, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends suggested he come to St. Joseph’s Hospice on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad. Now 13 years later, his life and those of some 40 others who live on its grounds might be changed forever as this hospital of last resort faces closure over its rising debts. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
