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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)

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In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, photo, a photograph of Jesus Christ is placed in a lab 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, Pakistani nurse Farzana Yassmine, 31, enjoys a swing ride holding Caleb, 1, and Mariam 11, and other patients who live at St. Joseph’s Hospice, at the garden 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 Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, photo, a Pakistani nurse, right, helps a child to walk in a corridor, part of the patient daily treatment, while children, left, who live at St. Joseph’s Hospice, chat in a 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)