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This world has many faces, some of which I have seen.  Some are beautiful; the monkey swinging from tree to tree, the elephant in its silent swaying walk, and the sea’s deep rolling sound.  Others are ugly; plastic littering the undergrowth and choking the rivers; the violence and greed of humanity…

This week the news has been filled with reports of hospitals where it is alleged that hundreds of patients had experienced extremes in lack of care: being denied water; left dirty, cold and unfed; being given no or inadequate pain relief; dying in a state of extreme distress and with no sense of di…