Cancer Patient- Caregiver need to know where to find funding for Financial-Travel from WV to Tulsa OK?
Cancer patient living in WV in need of info.on where to apply for Assistance-Donations to travel to-from Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa OK.Has been a patient for 11months and is responding extreamly well to treatment,but is now 3 wks. behind on treatments due to lack of financial support.Any Help with where to apply would be greatly appreaciated.
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Answer 1 :
Call the American Cancer Society in your town. They will provide some transportation funds. Also, the center in Tulsa should have told you this. They must have social workers there - find out and ask for help. This is deplorable that no one helped you out. Even his doctor should have known this. I wish you both the best - Blessings.
Answer 2 :
Contact a local catholic hospital and ask them what programs they have to help or names of pilots that can transfer you for free.
Answer 3 :
There is something called Angel Flight where pilots donate their time to fly patients to other cities for treatments. The website www.aircharitynetwork.org phone number is 877-621-7177 Hope this helps.
Answer 4 :
I am originally from wv too! Have any closer hosp's been considered? I live in NC and MOST of the patients my docs treat are from the southern areas of WV like Beckly, Bluefield, on up to the Huntington-Charleston area (which is where I am from, but already lived here when I was diagnosed, and consequently due to my type this is where I would have been sent had I still lived there). I know Marshall is making some advances with their cancer programs in the opening of thier new cancer clinic at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. I know a lot of ppl that have been treated at Morgantown or sent to Cleveland or Cinicinatti. Although, youre right, cancer treatment in WV just isnt as good as other places. Does the patients hospital have anything like a hospitality house that they can stay at until treatment is finished? Have you tried the American Cancer Society? I think they only help up to 500$, which I know isnt much, but is a start. Other than that you really are on your on. Ask the social workers for any ideas. Fund raise as much as poss. If the patient is ok with this contact the news for community support. Most ppl in WV would be more than willing to donate knowing the lack of med support that is there. And you may just have to start pulling out credit cards and finding that one rich relative
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