The Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre provides cancer care services, including screening, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, clinical trials, consultative care services and other cancer-related services.
The cancer centre is attached to the General Hospital – Health Sciences Centre.
Additional information
Language Services
- For assistance with French translation please contact bilingual services of Eastern Health.
- For assistance with translation of Innu dialects or Inuktituit call Eastern Health’s Aboriginal Patient Navigators.
Volunteer Drivers
The Canadian Cancer Society provides free transportation for appointments to and from the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre for patients in St. John’s and the Conception Bay South area. This service must be arranged in advance. For more information about this service please contact the Canadian Cancer Society at 709-753-6520. In St. John’s, their office is located at Daffodil Place, 70 Ropewalk Lane.
How to get here
Arriving by vehicle
- If driving, take Prince Philip Parkway to Clinch Crescent; the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre is attached to the Health Sciences Centre.
- The DRL bus is a private bus service that goes across the province. In St. John’s the bus leaves and arrives from the Student Centre at Memorial University. The Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre is attached to the Health Sciences Centre and is a short ride by cab from the Student Centre.
Arriving by public transit
- Metro bus stops to the side of the hospital complex, and it is serviced by routes 10, 15, 16 and 23.
- You can purchase a Metro Bus pass at the Avalon Mall or at Shopper’s Drug Mart on Torbay Road as well other locations throughout St. John’s. For more information or to purchase a bus pass on-line, please go to metrobus.com.
- If you require assistance with transportation, GoBus (Telephone: 709-570-2131) and Wheel Way (Telephone: 1-709-753-2877) are available.