WIMMERA Health Care Group has revealed its preferred site for the Wimmera Cancer Centre.
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Health care group chief executive Chris Scott said the Wimmera Cancer Centre Project Control Group had a preferred site selected for the centre, pending planning approvals.
“The preferred site is on the corner of Arnott and Robinson Street on properties already owned by Wimmera Health Care Group overlooking Jadwa Park. The site is subject to planning approvals,” he said.
“One of the reasons we selected that site and took the centre away from the acute units at the hospital was to help normalise as much as possible the experience of chemotherapy and dialysis treatments for our patients.”
Architects have completed the initial concept drawings for the Wimmera Cancer Centre.
Mr Scott said architects Baade Harbour had completed initial drawings which the user group would provide feedback on.
The drawings depict a building with a slanted roof and an exterior featuring composite timber and steel mesh and brickwork around the property line.
Mr Scott said the drawing were a milestone and a big step towards starting construction next year.
“The drawings are just the initial concept, so there is a lot more work to be done,” he said
We can say the drawings do include a non-denominational spiritual area opening onto a courtyard, a wellness centre, treatment areas and a number of counselling and consulting rooms.
Mr Scott said it was a positive to see the centre’s fundraising progressing so well and the the design phase commencing too.
“Our plan is to continue to work towards a goal of starting construction in the first half 2017,” he said.
The Wimmera Cancer Centre community fundraising campaign reached its $1 million goal in August this year.
Cancer Centre project steering committee chairman Richard Goudie said the Rachael’s Wish appeal had raised $1,012,202 since it was launched in June 2015.