HRH Foundation and Cancer Center

 

Nancy Davis, Executive Director of the Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation and Sherry Lawrence, Nurse Navigator in the HRH Oncology Department told Kiwanis about the foundation and the new Cancer center. 

The HRH Foundation helps fund and endow health related programs for the hospital and community.  The hospital receives no tax money and writes off substantial amounts for charity care each month.  In the past, the foundation helped to fund the Critical Care expansion, the James T. Anderson Center for Women’s Health, and the Rex Pasko Hospice Fund.

The Hancock Regional Cancer Center, scheduled to open in 2015, will house everything related to cancer treatment in one place, enhancing the current services.  The center will provide radiation and chemotherapy so that patients will no longer be required to travel to other cities for daily treatments.

Indiana ranks 10^th in deaths due to lung, colon, uterine, and pancreatic cancers.  Currently the oncology department serves 770 patients.  The case load is growing between 30-40 patients per month.  In addition to treatment the hospital offers CAT scans for anyone who has been a smoker for 30 or more years, smoking cessation classes, and mammograms.

For more information on the foundation, cancer center or making a gift contact Nancy Davis at 317.468.4106 or mail to:

Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation

801 North State Street

Greenfield, IN 46140.