AFTER years of planning and fundraising, the Wimmera Cancer Centre welcomed its first patients on Wednesday.
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Wimmera Health Care Group acting chief executive Mark Knights said chemotherapy patients were the first to begin treatment at the new facility.
“There was a real buzz at the new centre on Wednesday morning,” he said.
“Team members from a range of departments have been busily working to be ready to meet this planned date we had set and they did a great job.
“Professor George Kannourakis, one of our oncologists, set up his office at the new centre on Wednesday morning and his first consult was with Audrey and John Klemm at 8.30am.
“To be in the transition phase over to the new Wimmera Cancer Centre is exciting for everyone involved and we are very grateful to already be at this stage just three and a half years after starting the campaign to get this facility built.”
He said the facility would be open to the public during two community open days on February 16 and 17 from 10am to 1pm.
Dialysis patients are expected to start treatment at the centre in early February.
Construction works at the centre started in January, 2018.
Money to build to centre came from both the federal and state governments, along with numerous donations through the community appeal, Rachael’s Wish.
It is estimated that more than 900 individuals and organisations contributed to the appeal.
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