Marie Curie them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element that she discovered in 1898 "polonium", after her native country. Marie Curie died in 1934, aged 66, at a sanatorium in Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, of aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation in the course of her scientific research and in the course of her radiological work at field hospitals during World War I. Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, in Congress Poland in the Russian Empire, on 7 November 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława, "née" Boguska, and Władysław Skłodowski. The elder siblings of Maria
Marie Curie (charity) a salary of more than £60,000 – up from 10 the previous year. Macmillan Cancer Support had 56 staff take home a salary of more than £60,000 (2014) An IPSOS MORI survey shows that seven out of ten carers say that people with a terminal illness don't get the care and support they need. Marie Curie Nurses, provide home care for thousands of people with terminal illnesses across the UK every year. The nurses also provide practical and emotional support for families and carers. Marie Curie provides the largest number of hospice beds outside the NHS and voluntary contributions, together