Cromwell club commences project to refurbish room in Oncology Ward

 The long stay rooms need upgrading, and to their credit Otago Boys High School pupils have taken the lead in doing up one room. The Rotary Club of Cromwell Inc is following suit.

The first project event, a home hosting dinner was a great success. Their goal is to raise $7500. The refurbishment will include a new patient controlled bed, a large flat screen TV, a fridge and a PlayStation that will double as a DVD player.

There are several rooms in need of refurbishment in Ward 8C. Other clubs might like to follow the Cromwell lead. Please feel free to email Cromwell Rotarian Will Hope if you want to know more (contact details via http://www.rotarysouthpacific.org/ )

Source:  District 9980 Newsletter, September 2011 Ward 8C takes care of cancer patients who may require long stays some of whom are neutrapenic patients who because of their low immunes systems are unable to leave their rooms. A good bed, a good TV and other facilities are something that really helps. As one person with close links to their club said, ‘Spending such a long time in the room and not being able to escape leaves you with little options to entertain yourself, the cancer drugs affect your attention span so reading be-comes difficult, and hours of lying in bed with no energy makes the little things around you become important as the room becomes your home’