| Gordon Wenig (right) has a laugh while volunteering as a mock patient, as Dr. Robert Lavey (left), radiation oncologist at the Wood County Hospital Cancer Care Center, demonstrates a state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam X-ray machine and CT scanner to an audience touring the facility Thursday, April 10, 2014. (Photos: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Wood County Hospital unveiled its new Cancer Care Center Thursday with a preview event and ribbon-cutting
ceremony for physicians, business leaders and donors.
The 7,000-square-foot facility is located adjacent to the hospital.
The preview took place in the new facility, located west of the hospital in the medical office building,
960 W. Wooster. A community open house for the public will be held on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. The
center will offer tours of the new building and will serve refreshments.
"The Cancer Care Center at Wood County Hospital brings to life a dream we have had for many
years," said Stanley Korducki, the hospital’s president. "We wanted to bring to our community
a robust, technologically advanced and well-rounded cancer service right here in Wood County."
The $5 million Cancer Care Center features experienced, board-certified cancer specialists,
technologically advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, and an environment designed to be
comforting for patients. The new center is meant to eliminate the need for patients in Wood County and
the surrounding area to travel for hours each week to obtain radiation therapy, chemotherapy treatments
and clinical trials.
"In the past, people dealing with cancer had totravel every day for their radiation treatments for
30 to 45 days in a row. That made the patient and their family miss work and meals, sapped their energy,
and overstressed their resources," said Dr.Robert Lavey, radiation oncologist and the center’s
medical director. "The new Cancer Care Center allows people to continue the important activities in
their lives while getting their cancer treated expertly."
| IV drips and recliners are seen Thursday, April 10, 2014, in a room for chemotherapy patients inside the new Cancer Care Center at Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green, Ohio. |
"Providing oncology services in a community hospital setting like Wood County allows us to treat
patients with high-tech, state-of-the-art standards and a level of personal care that makes the patient
feel secure in their treatment," said Dr. David Brown, medical oncologist at the center.
The Cancer Care Center’s exterior entrance opens into a common waiting room shared by the medical
oncology office of Brown and the radiation oncology office of Lavey.
"Having radiation therapy and chemotherapy together in one location is so beneficial to the
patients," Lavey said. "By sharing common space, the patient can see their medical and
radiation oncologists at the same time and have their questions answered jointly. We provide one-stop,
complete care at its best."
The radiation therapy treatment room features a 10-foot virtual skylight and four, four-foot virtual
windows surrounding the patient in a tropical environment. Wood grained flooring and a
patient-controlled stereo music system are also included in the radiation therapy suite.
The center also has its own exterior entrance and parking area.
