[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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                       NEW HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION

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                           HON. DON SUNDQUIST

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 23, 1994

  Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share with my colleagues the 
ambitious and noble efforts of the New Hope Cancer Foundation of 
Memphis, TN, which is working to build bridges between the American 
medical community and those of the New Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union.
  The New Hope Cancer Foundation, in conjunction with the Oblast of 
Pskov, Russia, is working to design and develop a model cancer 
treatment complex there. Funded through private donations and 
government grants in aid, the center will serve patients in a 200-
kilometer area. Ultimately, it will be a 200-bed hospital and 
outpatient treatment center serving children and adults, and patterned 
after successful centers such as the St. Jude's Research Center in 
Memphis.
  The New Hope Cancer Center will be a model for others in the New 
Independent States. I salute the initiative of those working to make 
this center a reality, and I share with them a belief in its promise 
and potential.

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