CanHelp

CANHELP Support Fund

This support fund for families of children with cancer is an emergency fund so that any patient in the HUG Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Unit has access to treatments and medications, which are sometimes too expensive (when insurance does not take over) and difficult to finance by the institution. Some treatments are not always available in Geneva and young patients must be sent elsewhere in Switzerland or abroad. The CANHELP fund thus makes it possible to finance housing for the family. It was also used to help Ukrainian children suffering from cancer who arrived in Switzerland during the war. Thanks to the CANSEARCH Foundation, the teams of the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Unit have been able to be adapted to deal with this emergency. CANSEARCH financed the salary of a nurse at HUG in the UOHP because the unit had to quickly increase its nursing staff to welcome Ukrainian children. This fund can be activated as needed (funeral financing, housing assistance, therapeutic massages, wheelchair...)

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