
Council backs Kamloops Cancer Support Society in attempt to receive provincial funding
KAMLOOPS — As politicians and doctors grapple with the proposed Kamloops Cancer Centre, a group of Kamloops residents is working to improve patient outcomes and help them through the process.
The Kamloops Supportive Care Society is hoping to open a brick-and-mortar location in the community to help cancer patients and their loved ones through the challenge of fighting the disease.
“They are things like physio-social, mental, physical support, nutritional support, legal and financial, transportation,” said Leslie Brochu, society president. “The whole myriad of support services that cancer patients require to improve their outcomes, improve their quality of life and at the same time decreases the burden on the health care system. And Kamloops is lacking.”