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About Us

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is proud to provide world-class cancer care for metropolitan and rural patients.

Our Chemotherapy Day Unit (CDU) provides a calm and compassionate environment for patients to receive daily cancer treatment. The CDU provides approximately 7000 treatments each year. The team are leading the way in cancer clinical trials, providing patients with access to cutting-edge therapies.

The 6th floor cancer ward has 20 beds and provides care for patients with higher needs.

Fundraising through Dry July assists us to purchase essential items for the Cancer Centre and for our patients. St Vincent’s patient Nick says, The hospital is home for a lot of people – you’ve got to make it as homely as possible for them.”

That’s why we need your support!

We’d love to reach our fundraising target of $40,000 this year so we can update vital equipment and purchase patient comfort items. iPads can provide a welcome distraction during chemotherapy treatment and we need to replace some of our patient treatment chairs.

Please support patients like Nick who are being treated for cancer at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Latest Updates


Blood Sampling Chair

St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne has just taken delivery of a blood sampling chair purchased with Dry July funds. This is a hard back low chair for cancer patients to have their blood test in who can’t sit in the normal treatment chair. The sloped armrests present the arm for needling and are shaped and padded for comfort and support.

Admission Packs

Being diagnosed with cancer and receiving treatment is a very overwhelming experience, with lots of questions, and multiple things to remember. 

To help ease the process, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne have used a portion of their Dry July funds to develop an admission pack for patients going through chemotherapy for the first time, and provide them with as much information as possible at such a difficult time. 

Charge Bars at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Some cancer treatments can take up to 6 hours, and during this time, a mobile is an important device for entertainment and contacting family and friends.. But we all know what mobile phone batteries are like!

For this reason, St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne have used some Dry July funds to buy 3 mobile charging bars for their Cancer Centre, Oncology Ward and Caritas Christi Palliative Care.

These will give the patients a bit of peace of mind, and remove the worry and frustration of having your mobile phone run out of battery.

Grip Sox

St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne have used some Dry July funds to purchase Grip Sox. These provide patients with extra safety and help in the prevention of falls. 

Dry July 2014 at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

SVHM used Dry July 2014 funds towards a multitude of projects aimed at making patients in the cancer centre more comfortable. These included:

Patient admission packs

Boardgames for children waiting with their parents

Coral upgrade in the fish tank

Water drink bottles

CDs & CD player

Tim Tam biscuits for the beverage service

A new wheelchair

Fish tanks for the palliative care unit

The hospital is continuing at pace with their 2015 funds, seeking to purchase newspapers for the oncology ward and cancer centre, shampoo caps for oncology patients, a Stedy transport machine, Christmas decorations, new chemotherapy treatment chairs, new patient and visitor chairs in the oncology ward, and portable fold-out beds for visitors who wish to stay overnight.

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