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Community Partner Story - Janna Cudmore
Cancer and supportive care services have grown over the years at the Cobourg Lions and Lioness Cancer and Supportive Care Clinic due in large part to the partnership between Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) and the Durham Regional Cancer Centre (DRCC) at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa.
Last February, a temporary shortage of clinical resources and a need for preventative maintenance of some pharmacy equipment meant patients receiving intravenous chemotherapy treatments at NHH had to be temporarily transferred for treatment at the DRCC in February and March 2015.
This transition was made easier for NHH patients with the help of additional transportation services provided by Community Care Northumberland, and the creation of a NHH "pod" in the DRCC where patients could be treated together and cared for by NHH staff.
"Our patients were very pleased we went with them and I think that's what made all the difference," says Janna Cudmore, one of the fi rst chemotherapy nurses to volunteer to make the trip. "When they saw us in the waiting room, you could just see the relief on their faces."
Read more great stories in the Winter 2016 edition of Team Cancer