Southcoast Center for Cancer Care at Fairhaven
Opening early 2011
Construction of $60M cancer center under way in Fairhaven
Read full news release from groundbreaking event on November 16, 2009
Southcoast Hospitals has broken ground on its new flagship Southcoast Center for Cancer Care in Fairhaven that, when completed, will provide convenient access to advanced cancer services to residents in the eastern part of the South Coast region.
The center will create about 40 new permanent jobs and about 250 temporary construction jobs.
The new Southcoast Center for Cancer Care, scheduled to open in early 2011, will ensure coordinated, high-quality, streamlined care for cancer patients and their families.
It brings together state-of-the-art radiation therapy and medical oncology, such as chemotherapy, in a beautiful and peaceful setting conveniently located off Interstate 195 in Fairhaven.
The new outpatient center will also have the very latest advanced technology — from radiation therapy to diagnostic testing and imaging — to meet the growing needs of the region's cancer patients.
"The Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care puts patients squarely at the center, providing access to a full range of medical and radiation oncology services — without having to travel," said Keith A. Hovan, President & CEO of Southcoast Hospitals Group. "The new center will also address the fragmentation of oncology services currently offered in the region; and have outstanding physicians, nurses and staff who are solely dedicated to giving our patients the best, most compassionate care — right here, close to home."
The Fairhaven center will be the flagship outpatient center for Southcoast Hospitals' cancer services program, which currently includes radiation therapy and medical oncology in Fall River and medical oncology in North Dartmouth. The North Dartmouth center will relocate to Fairhaven when the center opens in early 2011.
In July, Southcoast Hospitals opened its Southcoast Center for Cancer Care in Fall River in the Mitchell Building at Charlton Memorial Hospital. The Fall River center offers a full range of oncology services, including advanced radiation therapy, medical oncology at Charlton's Jarabek Center, support services and free valet parking. The Fall River location will serve as the satellite location to the Fairhaven center.
The estimated cost for both the new Fairhaven and Fall River cancer centers is about $60 million. The Fairhaven building project will create up to 250 temporary construction jobs over the life of the project. The center will employ about 55 staff, of which about 40 will be permanent new clinical and support jobs.
Support
We have an ambitious goal — and an ambitious schedule. And we can only do it with your support.
The total project cost is $60 million for the Southcoast Center for Cancer Care, with its new flagship outpatient center in Fairhaven and the necessary expansions to the already opened center in Fall River.
This project, set to complete in early 2011, will be funded by philanthropy along with existing endowment and a bond.
Dionisia Hanson Chief Philanthropy Officer Charlton Memorial Hospital 508-679-7391 hansond@southcoast.org |
Renderings
Architectural renderings of the new Southcoast Center for Cancer Care in Fairhaven.
Aerial view of the site.
Information desk at the main entrance.
The cafe.
Resource library.
