Aussie actor Samuel Johnson OAM inspires
cancer patients and staff at Greenslopes
Love Your Sister co-founder and Gold Logie winning actor, Samuel Johnson OAM,
has given an emotive speech to cancer patients, their carers and staff at Greenslopes
Private Hospital –10 years after the opening of the facility’s day oncology unit.
Samuel delivered a keynote
presentation to a packed conference
room around the work of Love Your
Sister and his passion to improve
treatment outcomes for cancer patients
in Australia.
“I don’t want to agitate for change; I
want to be part of the solution,” he told
the audience of patients, carers, nurses
and hospital staff members.
Samuel is currently undertaking a
national fundraising tour on behalf of
the Love Your Sister charity, raising $10
million to fulfill a promise he made to
his late sister Connie Johnson who lost
her battle with breast cancer in 2017.
He also brought along his Gold Logie
and Dancing With The Stars trophies
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to Greenslopes for attendees to snap
some photos.
Greenslopes Private Hospital (GPH)
hosted a number of fundraising
initiatives in the lead-up to the Love
Your Sister event. Almost $4,000 was
raised and presented to Samuel and his
team.
As part of the visit, Samuel also toured
the Cyril Gilbert Cancer Centre where
he spoke at length with oncology
patient John Peacock and his wife
Lynette.
The actor told The South East
Advertiser newspaper: “Greenslopes,
no word of a lie I had one of the most
significant days of my life out there. I’m
still processing that.”
“The spirit of the staff and patients, the
unity, the camaraderie ... just ultimately
the togetherness of it all. It takes me to
the coalface and reminds me why I do
what I do. It hits home hard when you go
and stare this problem in the face.”
Greenslopes Private Hospital offers
holistic and personalised cancer care
to patients – including diagnosis and
imaging services, surgery, radiation
therapy, chemotherapy, research and
wellness education classes.
GPH CEO Chris Went said: “The
availability of these treatments and
services, and visits from people like
Samuel Johnson, provide hope to our
patients.”