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.
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Blood Sampling Chair |
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 |
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.