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Cancer Center Groundbreaking
January 7, 2008 |
The various aspects of cancer treatment can be hard to keep up with. But Lee County
is now helping to mold the future of cancer care. Not long ago officials with LMHS
broke ground on a breakthrough approach to cancer treatment. The ceremony site,
which is on the corner of I-75 and Daniels Blvd, will house a one of a kind facility
for cancer patients in southwest Florida. Laurie Wise is an Oncology Care Specialist
with Lee Memorial Health System. She says, “The cancer center is actually the first
of its kind where we’re bringing all of the services, medical and support services
together under one roof.” Jim Nathan, the President and CEO of Lee Memorial Health
System says the center will be a place where patients can come for multiple treatments
and services. “It will be a compassionate, loving, one stop shop for cancer services
for patients, their families and clinicians.” Laurie agrees that the center will
offer a variety of services in one location. “If they need radiation they can get
the radiation they can go to the lab they can go to the healing garden they can
get their chemo therapy or they can go to an educational class all in one building.”
Administrators say that the new cancer center will not only focus on curing cancer
but also helping to heal the mind and spirit of the patients and their families.
“Anyone that has had their life touched by cancer knows that everyone is affected
by it so by putting in the healing garden and the meditation areas and really trying
to focus on the mind, spirit and body together we believe that it will better the
experience for the patient,” says Laurie. The center is scheduled to open in October
of 2008. It will also include an 80-thousand square foot diagnostic building. |
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