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CANSA TLC Facilities & Support

Currently there are three CANSA TLC Lodges, and one CANSA TLC Ward for children / teens with cancer and their parents / guardians:

Province or Region TLC Facility TLC Support
Contact Person
Email Address
Eastern Cape Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Free State Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Gauteng CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge
(on premises Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria)
Vera van Dalen tlc@cansa.org.za
KZN CANSA TLC Durban Lodge
(on premises of CANSA Durban Care Centre)
Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Limpopo CANSA TLC at the Paediatric Oncology Ward
(in Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, Polokwane)
Bobby Were pol.tlc@cansa.org.za
North West Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Northern Cape Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Southern Cape / Klein Karoo Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za
Western Cape CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge (on premises of Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville) Anthea Lewis alewis@cansa.org.za

CANSA Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme

Find out more about CANSA TLC service offering and direct any queries to Anina Meiring ameiring@cansa.org.za

Support Resources for cancer Survivors & Loved Ones

Parents / guardians of young cancer patients are invited to join our FBK Support Group: CANSA TLC: Childhood Cancer Support or they and their children / teens are welcome to join an age appropriate support group by submitting the online form.

Find additional online resources for cancer Survivors (anyone who has heard the words ‘you have cancer’), caregivers or loved ones, and about coping with cancer.

Make an appointment for free CANSA Tele Counselling with a trained CANSA counsellor by submitting the online booking form.

This is a confidential, professional, cancer-related telephonic counselling service to cancer patients (adult / child / teen), caregivers and their families and parents or guardians of children living with cancer.

Counselling is available in seven languages (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi) and is free of charge.

Disclaimer

CANSA does not provide treatment, and if any abnormalities are detected during screening, then you will be referred to an appropriate specialist or healthcare professional. 

CANSA does not prescribe or provide medication, as it is not authorised to do so.

However, our clincial specialist nurse, Sr Vlooi Venter vventer@cansa.org.za is able to provide free advice with regards to management of side effects of cancer, side effects of cancer treatment and pain.

Do you have a question?
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CANSA Tele Counselling

 0800 22 6622 Toll Free
 072 197 9305 English and Afrikaans (text only)
 071 867 3530 isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi (text only)

 

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