Lecture Discusses Cancer and Personal Expenses
A lecture to help Nova Scotians answer questions about cancer and personal expenses will be hosted by Cancer Care Nova Scotia on Tuesday, April 8, in Halifax. It will also be available by video conference at 19 sites across the province.
It is part of the Cancer Answers lecture series, designed to provide Nova Scotians with quality cancer information. The lecture will be presented by social worker Heather Lowe and Mary Lou Robertson, medication resource specialist. Both are with the Capital Health Cancer Care program in Halifax.
"The cost of drugs, transportation to receive care, loss of income due to illness and other costs take their toll on cancer patients and their families," said Theresa Marie Underhill, chief operating officer, Cancer Care Nova Scotia. "This lecture on cancer and personal expenses is sure to be of value to cancer patients, their families and loved ones."
The lecture will be held between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre of the Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St. and available by video conference at:
- Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth
- Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
- Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough
- St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
- Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston
- St. Mary's Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke
- AVH Chipman Boardroom, Annapolis Valley Industrial Park, Kentville
- Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
- Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche
- Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow
- Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst
- South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater
- Queens General Hospital, Liverpool
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
- Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck
- Buchanan Memorial Hospital, Neil's Harbour
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth
- Roseway Hospital, Shelburne.
Cancer Care Nova Scotia is a program of the Department of Health, created to reduce the burden of cancer on individuals, families and the health care system through prevention, screening, education and research.