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You might know his as McDreamy, but a lot of folks are now calling him a dream come true. Patrick Dempsey, star of Grey’s Anatomy, has opened The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at the Central Maine Medical Center.
Dempsey understands all too well how difficult it is for a family to receive a cancer diagnosis — his mother has had continuous battles with ovarian cancer, which is what put the idea for the Center in Dempsey’s mind. He realized that for families who try to do the research, all the information can be overwhelming yet insufficient, so he decided to create “a place where people can go for all this type of information and help. Knowledge is power.”
The Central Maine Medical Center is the hospital that treated his mother and sent her cancer into remission, so Dempsey made a great decision in choosing to put his money and fame to work in that location. His sister will run the Center, but the actor plans to do his part as well by lending a hand with the education campaign on how to prevent and treat cancer.
I know — as if you didn’t already have a huge crush on him.
Photo courtesy of tv.yahoo.com
Tags: Cancer, donation, Patrick Dempsey
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