Seamus Doherty presenting a cheque for £1,000, the proceeds of his London Marathon run, to Sperrin Suite staff, Liz England, Cancer Services Manager and Staff Nurse Aisling McGarvey.
Local running enthusiast, Seamus Doherty, has donated £1,000 to help cancer patients receiving treatment at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.
Seamus raised the money by completing this year’s London Marathon – his first attempt at the 26.2 mile distance – donated the proceeds of his run to the Sperrin Suite at Altnagelvin
Seamus Doherty presenting a cheque for £1,000, the proceeds of his London Marathon run, to Liz England, Cancer Services Manager and Staff Nurse Aisling McGarvey, from the Sperrin Suite.
The Suite provides treatment to patients between Monday-Fridays, delivering chemotherapy for patients with a number of cancers, including lung, prostrate, colorectal and breast.
The Suite also provides and delivers supportive treatment to patients such as blood transfusions, other services offered to patients are pre-education appointments prior to commencing chemotherapy.
The Sperrin Suite is a purpose-built chemotherapy unit with 21 treatment chairs, an inpatient ward with 14 beds, an outpatient facility with nine consulting rooms and facilities for rehabilitation specialist palliative care and support services.
Patients can be in treatment for six months with weekly to three weekly visits to the unit for chemotherapy.
The Suite provides a telephone triage service which is a 24 hour helpline for patients with chemotherapy cancer complications this service is shared with the inpatient department to ensure 24 hour coverage.
The Suite has recently introduced scalp cooling for some chemotherapy regimens to help reduce hair loss and complementary therapies.
The staff also deliver education programmes to the hospital and community staff.
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