Cancer Ward Named In Patrick Dempsey's Honor

Patrick Dempsey made an appearance at the Central Maine Medical Center today to announce the opening of a new cancer ward named in his honor.

Scheduled to open March 31, the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing was inspired by his mother, Amanda Dempsey, who fought ovarian cancer â€" and who is now cancer free, reports Maine's Kennebec Journal. "For a family to get a cancer diagnosis is devastating, and all the information out there can be overwhelming," Dempsey, 42, told reporters. "So I talked to my sister about a place where people could go for all this type of information and help. Knowledge is power." Dempsey says his sister, Mary, who works at the hospital, will run the center.

That's really cool that he's putting forth the effort to help out with opening the cancer ward and his sister will also be running it. Cancer is a rough thing to deal with and it's great people will have somewhere close to get the help and information they need. Awww, he just had to do something that made me wanna hump him more!

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