A space of the league against cancer will settle in this city of Eure

Within the most large medical desert From France, the question of reception structures for people with serious illnesses is logically predominant.

Appeal to volunteers

And in Vernon, the Eure Committee of the League against Cancer made a final observation: a structure is missing. Clarisse Doublet, communications manager of the Cancer Leaguetells us more: “Within the Eure Committee, we do not have many league space. We have some reception structures that offer activities for sick people But not yet a league space as you can have in Évreux. Our goal is that sick people have a point of attachment near their home ”.

And the need seems very real: “We have many people Who contact us to find out if there are activities in this genre in the Vernonnais sector. This is how we had the idea of opening a public space there. »»

Certain problematic

The future space should be created in September, and will be open two afternoons per month. The premises, loaned by Seine Normandie Agglomeration and located in the Valmeux district, will allow the practice of many activities: individual and collective psychological monitoring supports, suitable physical activitiesof Therapeutic education With the Planeth patient regional association, located nearby. The question of establishing dietary workshops is also on the carpet.

Who says space to maintain, also says volunteers. This is why the Cancer’s League is launching a call for volunteering today, hoping to take advantage of the services of 5 to 10 people to run the structure. Volunteers who will have a short upstream training. Ultimately, over the first year, the League hopes to be able to accommodate a hundred beneficiaries.

Without having precise data in the Eure department, the league still lists more than 19,000 new cases of on average cancer that occur each year in Normandy. “We estimate 433 136 The number of new cases of cancer (incidence) and at 162,400 the number of deaths (mortality) in 2023 in France. The number of new cases of cancer detected corresponds to nearly 1,200 cases per day over a year. The most common cancers are those of prostate, breast, rectum colon and lung. A regional or departmental impact not significantly different from that observed in mainland France, ”it is specified.

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