COUCH

Couch Aims:

• Improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Far North Queensland community that may suffer the disease of cancer
• Improve the cancer treatment technology available in the Far North Queensland region
• Establish a fully functional radiation oncology unit at Cairns Hospital
• Provide education to carers, service providers including healthcare workers, hospitals and other organisations to enable them to appropriately support individuals suffering from the disease of cancer
• Assist where possible in the medical research into causes, prevention and treatment of the disease of cancer
• Engage in activities to raise community awareness of the disease of cancer
• Investigate and research the true statistics and costs in the treatment and care of those that suffer the disease of cancer
• Provide education and support programs to cancer patients and their families
• Provide financial support to assist cancer patients and carers in necessitous circumstances.