Last week, the members of the Expanding Community Cancer Care (ECCC) program met for a celebratory meeting. There was much to celebrate as this was the first meeting the group has had since the receiving word that the building of an expansion to the Community Cancer unit here in Russell has been approved thanks to the effort and tenacity and a team effort who has worked diligently over the last seven years to bring the Community Cancer Care unit here up to size.
While the group has yet to have official engineered drawings done up, the province and the Prairie Mountain Health has approved an expansion of approximately 2,300 square feet.
While further analysis has to be completed to literally check into the lay of the land, the idea right now is to have the hallway entering the expanded cancer care unit will run out of the west end of the hospital.
In all the cancer care chemotherapy unit in Russell services clients from 15 communities: Angusville, Beulah, Binscarth, Birtle, Foxwarren, Inglis, Langenburg, Roblin, Rossburn, Russell, St. Lazare, Shellmouth, Silverton, Solsgirth and Waywayseecappo.
While they’ll be looking for representatives from Waywayseecappo and Shellmouth, each other community has representatives who work closely together to make this dream come true.
For more see the March 15th edition of The Russell Banner!
