The opening of the new children’s cancer ward in the Muhimbili National Hospital’s Paediatric Unit is a milestone in terms of the facilities required for the treatment of children who have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer.
Speaking about the new ward, Dr. Trish Scanlan who is a children's cancer specialist at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute where the children are presently being cared for, said that the new ward has been built to meet international standards. “Children with cancer need to be managed within a larger paediatric facility that has access to a 24 hour blood bank, ICU, pathology and surgical services amongst others. All of these are available in the new ward located at the MNH.”
She adds that the new facility has come about through contributions from a number of local and international sources including organizations such as the Love, Hope, Strength Foundation and Children in Crossfire. “This facility would not have been a reality without the aid of friends of the Cancer Institute such as Children in Crossfire country director Matthew Banks who has been the main coordinator, the Ministry of Health in Tanzania, the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, many many local businesses and interested individuals, as well as leukemia survivor and founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, Mike Peters - the lead singer of a Welsh band known as The Alarm.
Mike and his team are truly special to us and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their tremendous support for cancer sufferers not only
worldwide but particularly in Tanzania. Since his battle with leukemia many years ago, Mike and his team at LHS have been going around the globe raising money for cancer awareness and to help poorer countries with funding mostly by throwing concerts in unusual places. The LHS Foundation gave us the funding we needed to renovate the 2 wards we have at MNH and, in addition, they are aiming to raise $5,000 dollars via sms technology during February for our cause. Mike Peters and his team are with us today and we greatly appreciate their efforts.
The Love, Hope, Strength website www.lovehopestrength.org has issued a press release about the opening of the new children’s ward. With a Swahili translation of the organizations name, Tumaini, Upendo, Ujasiri – Love, Hope, Strength, the Foundation calls for people to sms the word “LOVE” to a dedicated number. Each text will automatically amount to a $5.00 contribution towards the Foundation’s $5,000 goal for the month of February in support of the Tumaini, Upendo, Ujasiri Children’s Ward
The Ocean Road Cancer Institute currently cares for over 500 children each year (more than 300 new patients) from all across Tanzania. These are generally from extremely poor families where even raising the bus fare to reach the hospital is a struggle. The government has pledged to provide cancer care free of charge to all her citizens. Since November 2007, thanks to many different contributors this has become a reality on the children’s ward where all care is provided free to all.
As more children have accessed this free care, our survival has improved from 15-20% in 2006 to 60% (at one year) in 2009 a remarkable achievement in 3 short years. This move to the new facility will hopefully add significantly to the number of little people surviving cancer here in Tanzania.
Speaking about the new ward, Dr. Trish Scanlan who is a children's cancer specialist at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute where the children are presently being cared for, said that the new ward has been built to meet international standards. “Children with cancer need to be managed within a larger paediatric facility that has access to a 24 hour blood bank, ICU, pathology and surgical services amongst others. All of these are available in the new ward located at the MNH.”
She adds that the new facility has come about through contributions from a number of local and international sources including organizations such as the Love, Hope, Strength Foundation and Children in Crossfire. “This facility would not have been a reality without the aid of friends of the Cancer Institute such as Children in Crossfire country director Matthew Banks who has been the main coordinator, the Ministry of Health in Tanzania, the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, many many local businesses and interested individuals, as well as leukemia survivor and founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, Mike Peters - the lead singer of a Welsh band known as The Alarm.
Mike and his team are truly special to us and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their tremendous support for cancer sufferers not only
worldwide but particularly in Tanzania. Since his battle with leukemia many years ago, Mike and his team at LHS have been going around the globe raising money for cancer awareness and to help poorer countries with funding mostly by throwing concerts in unusual places. The LHS Foundation gave us the funding we needed to renovate the 2 wards we have at MNH and, in addition, they are aiming to raise $5,000 dollars via sms technology during February for our cause. Mike Peters and his team are with us today and we greatly appreciate their efforts.
The Love, Hope, Strength website www.lovehopestrength.org has issued a press release about the opening of the new children’s ward. With a Swahili translation of the organizations name, Tumaini, Upendo, Ujasiri – Love, Hope, Strength, the Foundation calls for people to sms the word “LOVE” to a dedicated number. Each text will automatically amount to a $5.00 contribution towards the Foundation’s $5,000 goal for the month of February in support of the Tumaini, Upendo, Ujasiri Children’s Ward
The Ocean Road Cancer Institute currently cares for over 500 children each year (more than 300 new patients) from all across Tanzania. These are generally from extremely poor families where even raising the bus fare to reach the hospital is a struggle. The government has pledged to provide cancer care free of charge to all her citizens. Since November 2007, thanks to many different contributors this has become a reality on the children’s ward where all care is provided free to all.
As more children have accessed this free care, our survival has improved from 15-20% in 2006 to 60% (at one year) in 2009 a remarkable achievement in 3 short years. This move to the new facility will hopefully add significantly to the number of little people surviving cancer here in Tanzania.
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