Grandmother and author of the book Heaven Can Wait starts fund raising campaign for brain tumors research

The aim is to create a research center of brain tumors at the IMM

Adelaide Passos, grandmother of a boy who was diagnosed with a brain tumor, decided to start a campaign to raise funds for research in brain tumors, more specifically for the creation of a research center of this disease at Instituto de Medicina Molecular. From her own contribution with the copyrights of the book The Heaven Can Wait – where she reveals her experience with the illness of one of his grandsons – Adelaide Passos will take the lead and show to other parents, grandparents and patient’s relatives that they can make a difference to the fight against tumors by contributing with funds for biomedical research. The initiative has the support of Deloitte Portugal, which will certify the bank account created specifically for the campaign donations (NIB 0018 0003 28001360020 56 Banco Santander).

The symbolic start of the campaign took place on December 5, with the official launch of the book Heaven Can Wait in a session that was attended by the Portuguese Minister of Health, Paulo Macedo, João Lobo Antunes, who prefaces the book, Maria do Carmo Fonseca, Executive Director of IMM and Carlos Loureiro, Partner of Deloitte Portugal.