My onc and his unit were bequeathed $200,000 by one patient and $100,000 by another because they were well looked after by them. Seems that because a trust wasn't set up at the time of the donation, or a Cancer Society formed yet the money was awarded to the large Brisbane Hospital and no guarantee it will be spent on Cancer. So it looks like no one really can be sure that your wishes are carried out. My Onc spoke out to the newspapers because this really made him mad, he has to rely on funds from drug company trials to buy things like stable tables and individual lights, absolutely rediculous when one of our politicians had a toilt brush costing $1000 in his ensuite off his office, I would dearly love to inject them with cancer cells and then see where the money goes. This has really rocked my onc because he rarely speaks out.
Love & Hugs Lyn
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