New Developments

Construction is under way on Bothwell Regional Health Center’s new 15,000-square-foot addition for cancer and cardiovascular services. The two-story brick structure will be on the east side of the hospital, attached to the current Cancer Center.

The cancer addition, which will be on the ground floor, will include a larger chemotherapy treatment area with 14 infusion bays and two private rooms. Other features include five exam rooms, a dedicated laboratory station, larger cancer pharmacy and a Patient Education Resource Center in partnership with the American Cancer Society. New equipment for cancer services will include a computed tomography simulator for treatment planning and a new linear accelerator, which will provide faster, more accurate and multi-dimensional capabilities for radiation treatment.

Bothwell’s catheterization lab and other cardiology services will be moved to a new centralized location better suited for patient and family comfort. The cardiovascular addition also will include four preparation and recovery rooms for people undergoing cardiac catheterization procedures.

The project also will include a free-standing chiller plant, which will be built to the south of the new addition. The chiller plant will provide additional cooled air and water.

Construction began in early May and is expected to be complete in Fall 2011. Excel Constructors, Overland Park, KS, is the general contractor, and ACI Boland of Kansas City is the architect.