Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic officially opens at RIH
KAMLOOPS — It’s been open and screening for breast cancer for nearly a month now, but on Thursday Royal Inland Hospital officially opened the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic.
The Fawcett family, in Rae’s name, donated $1 million to fund the project. Breast cancer has touched the family with Ron’s mother battling the disease. That inspired Rae to go ahead with the idea of this clinic.
“I guess because we can, but also because my husband’s mother had breast cancer many years ago,” said Rae Fawcett. “She was in Prince George and ended up taking the train to Vancouver for her surgery and didn’t comeback for two months until it was all done.”