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When Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, a CBC News Ottawa television host, found a “little lump” in her breast at the end of June, it wasn’t a big deal.
“I have no family history of breast cancer, I exercise, I’m fit, I eat a lot of kale,” she said Thursday at a news conference to outline progress of a fundraising campaign for a new Ottawa Hospital breast health centre.
But when the lump was found to be malignant, she knew it was serious.
“A cancer diagnosis, I guess, is so devastating because it just undermines the idea of your own invincibility, of your own immortality,” van Oldenbarneveld said.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation announced that it has raised more than 80 per cent of the $14 million needed to build the centre at the hospital’s General campus. The centre will consolidate breast health services now spread across three campuses.
Van Oldenbarneveld spoke candidly about her diagnosis last summer, and the support she received from friends, family, viewers and hospital staff.
“I’ve been surprised at the amount of gratitude that I feel,” she said, “you’re allowed a front-row seat to so much kindness and so much support from those around you.”
Tim Kluke, chief executive of the foundation, urged the community to help raise the remaining $2.7 million needed to break ground next spring.
“To say that we’re cramped, I think, is an understatement,” Kluke said.
More than 30,000 women use the hospital’s breast health services every year, said Kluke, and the number is expected to grow.
Dr. Jean Seely, head of the breast imaging department, said the new centre will cut waiting times for patients like Van Oldenbarneveld and increase the number of exam rooms available to 21 from seven.
For more on donating, see ohfoundation.ca/ways-give.
khenderson@ottawacitizen.com
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“I have no family history of breast cancer, I exercise, I’m fit, I eat a lot of kale,” she said Thursday at a news conference to outline progress of a fundraising campaign for a new Ottawa Hospital breast health centre.
But when the lump was found to be malignant, she knew it was serious.
“A cancer diagnosis, I guess, is so devastating because it just undermines the idea of your own invincibility, of your own immortality,” van Oldenbarneveld said.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation announced that it has raised more than 80 per cent of the $14 million needed to build the centre at the hospital’s General campus. The centre will consolidate breast health services now spread across three campuses.
Van Oldenbarneveld spoke candidly about her diagnosis last summer, and the support she received from friends, family, viewers and hospital staff.
“I’ve been surprised at the amount of gratitude that I feel,” she said, “you’re allowed a front-row seat to so much kindness and so much support from those around you.”
Tim Kluke, chief executive of the foundation, urged the community to help raise the remaining $2.7 million needed to break ground next spring.
“To say that we’re cramped, I think, is an understatement,” Kluke said.
More than 30,000 women use the hospital’s breast health services every year, said Kluke, and the number is expected to grow.
Dr. Jean Seely, head of the breast imaging department, said the new centre will cut waiting times for patients like Van Oldenbarneveld and increase the number of exam rooms available to 21 from seven.
For more on donating, see ohfoundation.ca/ways-give.
khenderson@ottawacitizen.com
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