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French Hospital Opens Wine Bar to Cheer Up Terminally Ill

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French Hospital Opens Wine Bar to Cheer Up Terminally Ill
A hospital in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand is opening a wine bar where terminally ill patients will be able to enjoy a glass or two with their families, because they had the right to "enjoy themselves".

A hospital in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand is opening a wine bar where terminally ill patients will be able to enjoy a glass or two with their families, because they had the right to "enjoy themselves".

"Why should we refuse the charms of the soil to those at the end of their lives? Nothing justifies such an prohibition," the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center said in statement.

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