cancer treatment
ALTUS - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Southwest Oklahoma Cancer Centers will be tomorrow in three communities. Duncan groundbreaking will be at 9 a.m.; Lawton at 11:30 a.m. and Altus at 2 p.m. The Altus location is on Liveoak Street across from Jackson County Memorial Hospital. A light reception will follow each ceremony.
The partnership between the three hospitals, Duncan Regional Hospital, Comanche County Memorial Hospital, and Jackson County Memorial Hospital is unprecedented in Oklahoma and has been in the planning stages for eight years.
Bill Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer at Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus. He and CEO's Randy Segler at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, and Scott Street at Duncan Regional Hospital along with other board members of the Southwest Oklahoma Cancer Centers have been working together to bring cancer treatment services to the three communities and beyond.
The cancer centers will provide patients with oncology services. Currently, many area residents must travel of out town for their cancer treatments. Having the availability of cancer treatment in the three cancer centers is a welcome addition to the communities of Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas.
"Providing cancer treatment, and having it available in one's own community, is more than a convenience," stated Wilson. "Patients who are battling cancer want closer access and don't want to have to drive long distances."
Southwest Oklahoma Cancer Centers is a limited liabilty corporation owned by the three hospitals.
For more information call 580-481-2375.
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