An Alberta businessman and philanthropist has made a significant donation to the help bring a new state-of-the-art therapy suite to Kelowna.
On Friday, Apr. 12, Marshall Eliuk donated $1.5 million to help fund a new systemic therapy suite. The suite will increase BC Cancer sa国际传媒� Kelownasa国际传媒檚 capacity to deliver drug treatments, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy by up to 40 per cent. Infrastructurally, it will offer early phase clinical trials in the Okanagan and Interior, which will accelerate research from lab to patients.
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Eliuk was been dedicated to making a difference in healthcare in both B.C. and Alberta since the 1990s when he was diganosed with aplastic anemia, a rare blood disorder that impacts one in a million people. It affects bone marrowsa国际传媒檚 ability to produce new blood cells.
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This donation is the second of its kind to the BC Cancer Foundationsa国际传媒檚 $6.1 million fundraising campaign.
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