The Integrated Care and Research Pavilion across from Royal Jubilee Hospital will be named for Ernie and Yvonne Yakimovich, who donated $2.5 million.
Cancer survivors returning for counselling to the same building where they received treatment sometimes have to pause at the door, says William Litchfield.
“Having to go back into the main building and sit in the same waiting room where they were waiting for their chemo or radiation can be very difficult and quite difficult for their mental health and well being,” said Litchfield. The new centre at 2340 Richmond Rd., the former location of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, is just across the street from the B.C. Cancer Agency complex on Lee Avenue, adjacent to Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.“We’re trying to move some of the supportive, wrap-around care and services to building to free up more space for clinical operation and the actual treatment of cancer — the chemotherapy, the radiation — and the actual care team,” he said.
There will be six rooms for patients and families to speak with B.C. Cancer counsellors and get mental-health, nutritional and other supports.
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