Irish Cancer Society appeals for volunteer drivers in Cork and Kerry
The Irish Cancer Society has renewed its appeal for volunteer drivers in Cork and Kerry to fulfil its Care to Drive service for patients requiring chemotherapy treatment.
Care to Drive, a service provided by trained volunteer drivers who collect and drop off the patient at their own home, was launched in 2008 and to date has transported patients on more than 18,000 journeys around Ireland to their treatments.
The Care to Drive service is also completely free to the patient while the drivers’ expenses are paid, with the Irish Cancer Society incurring all costs.
There are currently ten Care to Drive hospitals around Ireland: St. Vincent’s Hospital, St. James’s Hospital, Tallaght Hospital, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and Mater Misericordae Hospital in Dublin; Letterkenny General Hospital in Donegal; Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick; Sligo General Hospital; Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe and Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.
The service is currently expanding to open in three more hospitals – Kerry General Hospital, Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital in Cork – and the Irish Cancer Society is urgently seeking volunteers to drive local patients to and from their chemotherapy treatments.
So if you, or someone you know, live in Cork or Kerry, have just two days per month to spare and would be interested in hearing more about becoming a Care to Drive volunteer driver, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Get in touch with Care to Drive Programme Co-Ordinator Gail Flinter by calling 01-2310566 or emailing transport@irishcancer.ie.
