CARTI Medical Oncology in Stuttgart will be the beneficiary of a recent $9,000 gift made to the statewide network of cancer care providers by representatives of Union Pacific Railroad in North Little Rock.
“We are so grateful to our friends at Union Pacific,” said Kathi Jones, CARTI Foundation president, noting that the gift will be used specifically to purchase new treatment chairs for the chemotherapy suite at the CARTI clinic in Stuttgart.
Jones said the new chemotherapy suite chairs purchased for the Stuttgart clinic will mirror those selected for the CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock.
“Due to the nature of treatment, those patients undergoing chemotherapy are confined to remain stationary for hours at a time,” said Jones. “It would be difficult to refer to any cancer treatment as being a pleasant experience, but at CARTI, we do our best to make our patients as comfortable as possible while they are with us.”
“You might be surprised the difference something as simple as a chair can make in improving the patient experience for someone receiving chemotherapy,” said Jones.
Operating as the philanthropic arm of the Union Pacific Corporation and Union Pacific Railroad, the Union Pacific Foundation has distributed funds to qualified organizations in the communities it serves since 1959. Founded on the belief that the quality of life in the communities where its employees live and work contributes to its overall corporate success, the Union Pacific Foundation is annually funded from the operating profits of Union Pacific Corporation.
CARTI is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary cancer care provider offering medical and surgical oncology, diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology at locations throughout the state to provide convenient access for cancer patients. Chemotherapy is offered in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Benton, Clinton, Conway, El Dorado, Heber Springs, Russellville and Stuttgart. Radiation therapy is offered in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway, Mountain Home and Searcy.
The CARTI Foundation was incorporated in 1983 as a non-profit organization to assist CARTI in meeting the current and future needs of Arkansas cancer patients and their families.
For more information, visit CARTI.com.