CANCER CARE CENTER TOLL-FREE NUMBER

Since March 2016 is active the Toll-free Number (+39) 800 143 143 dedicated to people with cancer diagnosis who want to undertake a course of tests and care at Sacro Cuore Hospital.

From Monday to Friday 9.00am-1.00pm two tutors answer (four dedicated lines), who, once the patient’s problem is identified, put him/her in touch with Oncology Department, services and units interested in type of cancer and specific clinical question.

The aim is to undertake patient, accompanying step by step in his/her course, and reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests, surgical, pharmacological and radiotherapeutic treatments.

The initiative is part of multidisciplinary organizational model (from Anglo-Saxon world), from which the Cancer Care Center, structured in a transversal network to departments, single units and services involved in patient’s diagnostic-therapeutic procedure, permits quick undertaking of patient by a specialists’ team.

Since 15 April 2020, during COVID19 pandemic, the Toll-Free Number (+39) 800 143 143 is also open for remote psychological interviews.

https://www.sacrocuore.it/oncologia-l800-143-143-aperto-anche-per-i-colloqui-psicologici/