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Concrete poured for new Cape Breton cancer centre

Source: https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/concrete-poured-for-new-cape-breton-cancer-centre-100666472

Elizabeth Patterson · Multimedia Journalist

Leah Walsh-Wilton, who lost both her parents to cancer, was pleased to see the concrete poured on Friday for the new Cape Breton Cancer Centre. ELIZABETH PATTERSON/CAPE BRETON POST
Leah Walsh-Wilton, who lost both her parents to cancer, was pleased to see the concrete poured on Friday for the new Cape Breton Cancer Centre. ELIZABETH PATTERSON/CAPE BRETON POST

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SYDNEY, N.S. — Watching the first concrete being poured on Friday for Cape Breton’s new cancer centre was an emotional yet satisfying moment for Leah Walsh-Wilton.

“Both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer,” said the Glace Bay mother. “My mom in 2006, my dad about 10 years later. I lost both of my parents to their cancer battles.”

Despite that heartache, Walsh-Wilton decided to join the centre’s redevelopment team as a voluntary patient advisor so she could help others. She uses her experience within the system to help make the lives of future patients a little easier.

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