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A cancer care hub is coming to Thompson

Cancer affects everyone in some way or another and two new cancer hubs in Northern Manitoba will improve cancer treatment and care for patients.

 

Health Minister Erin Selby announced yesterday two new hubs to open later this fall, one in Thompson and one in The Pas. Selby has more here.  

 

“One of the things we’re making sure is that we have cancer treatment close to home. So for people in northern Manitoba they would normally have to travel great distances but having these regional cancer hubs,  people can come into The Pas and Thompson and coordinate with the community cancer hubs as well. Most importantly,  doctors will be able to coordinate.”

 

The completion of the hubs is aimed for this fall. The new hubs will be made up of care providers working together to help people across the north get the care they need, when they need it, closer to home.

 

It will cost up to 770-thousand dollars annually for the front line staff to support cancer patients in the region,  Selby noted.

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