LOCAL support group, Gunnedah Can Assist, will ease the burden on cancer patients leading into Christmas by offering to pay their green slips.
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The not-for-profit organisation has received funding through a partnership with www.greenslips.com.au with an aim to assist those in remote NSW who regularly travel long distances to get treatment.
Can Assist Gunnedah president Kate Knight said with some clients having to travel to Sydney or Newcastle to receive the essential care, kilometres really add up.
"Radiation could require 25 trips, there and back," she said.
"We have such long distances to travel, it's critical to have a safe, reliable car to get to treatment."
Can Assist Gunnedah also supports other local towns including Carroll, Mullaley, Boggabri and Curlewis, who may have to travel even further.
"We've been supporting a local woman with a rare cancer going through intense chemo in Sydney," Ms Knight said.
"It impacts on her, her husband, their four young children and the extended family. Contributions such as this will help us to help her and many others."
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Can Assist provides practical and financial support to cancer patients in Gunnedah and surrounding townships, through travel, food and fuel vouchers, pharmaceuticals and utilities payments.
Now, with the added burden of COVID-19 on cancer patients, the branch is keen to help more patients in need.
The group relies entirely on funding through donations, local fundraising and corporate sponsorship, with all money raised locally staying local.
Local cancer patients are being invited to come forward and seek this support by calling 0455 135 973.
All enquiries and patient assistance will be treated as strictly private and highly confidential.