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In the hills above Paphos, at the end of a cul-de-sac in the village of Tala, Chris Jones is giving a guided tour of what has become his life’s work: transforming a two-storey villa into a palliative care facility.

As the late afternoon sun shimmers over the sea beyond, Jones, a retired headmaster, points out the areas that will soon become the hospice’s lift and nurses’ station, oxygen and buzzer systems.