{"id":333569,"date":"2023-06-21T20:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=333569"},"modified":"2023-06-21T20:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:49:20","slug":"first-patient-receives-chemo-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/06\/21\/first-patient-receives-chemo-care\/","title":{"rendered":"First Patient Receives Chemo Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333570\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230621oncology.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333570\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230621oncology.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230621oncology.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230621oncology-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy\u2019s first teleoncology patient receives their treatment while Toowoomba-based nurses Georgia Parker<br \/>and Naomi Kinast facilitate (Photo: DDH)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 21, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy Hospital began its long-awaited teleoncology service on Tuesday morning, with the first patient receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The patient has been attending the Toowoomba Hospital\u2019s Regional Cancer Care service each week since 2021 and has recently started receiving treatment every three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of having to travel to Toowoomba, the patient this week remained in their hometown to receive the one-hour infusion, enabling them to schedule their local appointment around their workday.<\/p>\n<p>The teleoncology service at Kingaroy Hospital is the first time an &#8220;outreach&#8221; model has been implemented by the Darling Downs Health service.<\/p>\n<p>This means a highly-skilled, cancer care nurse from Toowoomba travels to Kingaroy each week to facilitate the treatment while being supported by a team of clinicians in Toowoomba via a live video link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This allows the Kingaroy nurses to learn more about cancer care, while at the same time, gaining the formal skills to facilitate the treatment themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I told one of our patients they could have their treatment in Kingaroy, their eyes welled up with tears,\u201d Acting Teleoncology Clinical Nurse Consultant Naomi Kinast said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSending out our outreach nurse builds a rapport, and our patients have such confidence in the service we provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The service has been so well received that another long-term oncology patient delivered a cake to the nursing team in Kingaroy to wish them well for their first day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/05\/19\/chemo-to-start-soon-in-kingaroy\/\">Chemo To Start Soon In Kingaroy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/03\/28\/cancer-service-under-evaluation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancer Service \u2018Under Evaluation\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingaroy Hospital began its long-awaited teleoncology service on Tuesday morning, with the first patient receiving treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":333570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172,3],"tags":[1551],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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