by Harris Hanson
Calgary’s new Cancer Centre is named after Calgary Philanthropist Arthur Child, of Burns Foods, who died in 1996 and whose foundation has for many years generously supported medical education and advancement in Calgary. The foundation, led by talented Trustee Lorne Jacobson (who was mentored by and worked with Mr Child for many years) donated $50,000,000 to this project – the largest gift in the history of Alberta Health Services.
The Arthur Child Cancer Centre is expected to open at the Foothills Medical Campus in the fall of this year. See https://together4health.albertahealthservices.ca/calgary-cancer-centre.
With an investment of $1.4 billion, the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre is the largest government infrastructure project in our province.
Inpatients and outpatients at the centre will receive the benefit of a multidisciplinary health system, enabling access to comprehensive cancer care services in a world-class facility.
The facility will be able to take advantage of modern integrated research to optimize care, with focus on prevention, early detection, precision medicine and psychosocial care.
The centre will have:
• More than 100 patient exam rooms.
• 160 inpatient unit beds.
• More than 100 chemotherapy chairs.
• Increased space for clinical trials.
• Twelve radiation vaults, with three more shelled in for future growth.
• New on-site underground parking with 1,650 stalls.
• Outpatient cancer clinics; clinical and operational support services and research laboratories.
With our aging population, all of us can expect to know an increasing number of friends and family members who will benefit from this state-of-the-art facility.
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