Recently, the Memorial Hospital Foundation received a grant of $3.1 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust that will go towards the purchase of state-of-the art cancer radiation equipment, which will be located in the Cancer Treatment Center/Medical Office Building currently under construction at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. Al Harris, President of the Memorial Hospital Foundation Board says that the opportunity to acquire such an amazing piece of equipment paves the way for cancer diagnosis, treatment, and full-blown radiation therapy in Sweetwater County. Harris is a cancer survivor and says he understands the impact of the donation and what it means to the community. The equipment will allow the treatment of all but a small minority of patients that will require cancer radiation therapy in the cancer center. This is the second time the Memorial Hospital Foundation has been a Helmsley Charitable Trust recipient. In 2011, the Trust awarded grant funds to purchase the digital mammography system at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, the most advanced of its kind in the area.
Memorial Hospital is currently building a new 80,000 square foot, 4-level, medical office building and cancer treatment center adjoining the hospital. It will feature the first cancer treatment center in Southwest Wyoming and will also be the potential location for the expansion of services that this recent U of U affiliation agreement will bring to the area. The building has a scheduled opening of Fall 2013.
Memorial Hospital is currently building a new 80,000 square foot, 4-level, medical office building and cancer treatment center adjoining the hospital. It will feature the first cancer treatment center in Southwest Wyoming and will also be the potential location for the expansion of services that this recent U of U affiliation agreement will bring to the area. The building has a scheduled opening of Fall 2013.
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