Your Visit to the Cancer Centre
Patient Information
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre Patient
Information booklet
provides you with information about what to expect on your first visit
and also while you are having treatment at the Cancer Centre. It includes
information about chemotherapy and radiation treatment, your healthcare
team, as well as the support services and personal care and well-being
programs offered at the Centre and in the community.
The guide includes practical information on such topics as transportation,
parking and financial issues, and contains a directory of telephone numbers
and definitions of cancer terms.
If you are unable to drive or find someone to drive you, there
are several options with regards to transportation. See the Patient
Information booklet for details.
Directions, Maps and Parking
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre sees patients at two locations : General Campus, 501 Smyth Road and Civic Campus,
190 Melrose Avenue (off Carling Avenue).
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Cancer Centre - General Campus
501 Smyth Road |
Click here
for maps, directions and information about parking and bus schedules for
the General Campus.
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Cancer Centre - Civic Campus
190 Melrose Avenue |
Civic Campus
The entrance to the Cancer Centre is located at 190 Melrose.
There is a limited amount of metered parking spaces at the entrance
The nearest parking lot is Garage P3 located between the Cancer Centre
and the Heart Institute. Click
here for maps, directions and information about parking and
bus schedules for the Civic Campus.
Accommodations for Patients
The Maurice J. Grimes Lodge, located at 200 Melrose Avenue, within the
Civic Campus, provides accommodation for cancer patients who live more
than 40 kilometres from the Ottawa Cancer Centre and who are
coming to the Centre for tests or treatment.
The Lodge was built, equipped, and furnished by the Canadian Cancer Society
(CCS) and managed by The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre. It
is provided for Ontario residents living outside of Ottawa who require
medical testing or treatment at the Cancer Centre.
Patient Resource: Maurice
J. Grimes Lodge Information for New Residents
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