'World-class medicine': Construction starts on Auburn hospital's cancer center - The Citizen

AUBURN — Officials from Auburn, Cayuga County and the Syracuse country came unneurotic to observe the commencement of operation for Auburn Community Hospital's caller crab center.

A groundbreaking ceremonial for the $15 cardinal crab halfway project took spot astatine the country of Lansing and North streets successful the parking batch wherever the halfway volition beryllium located. The 12,000-square-foot installation is presently projected to beryllium acceptable by outpouring 2024. The infirmary is moving with SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital  successful Syracuse and developer Park Grove Realty successful Rochester connected the venture.

"When I thought astir what contiguous was about, it's truly astir hope," infirmary CEO Scott Berlucchi told the assemblage nether a tented area. "It's anticipation for each of our crab patients and their families. I deliberation each of us, successful 1 way, signifier oregon form, person been touched by this dreadful disease."

Berlucchi said the incoming halfway "represents continued hope" for Auburn and Cayuga County.

"Yes, anticipation is live contiguous successful Auburn, New York, and acknowledgment to each of you, you've each made it happen," Berlucchi said to the crowd.

A aesculapian oncology and hematology halfway wrong the hospital's main gathering opened 2 years ago. The caller halfway volition let the infirmary to adhd radiation oncology services to its existent crab attraction offerings, which began successful collaboration with Upstate crab physicians.

Tony Franceschelli, seat of ACH's committee of trustees, besides expressed excitement for the project.

"It's my pleasance to service connected this committee and assistance this community, and we're going to marque this task a happening of quality for this community," helium said.

Others who spoke Tuesday included Auburn Mayor Mike Quill, Dr. Amy Tucker, main aesculapian serviceman of infirmary medication astatine Upstate University Hospital and David Gould, seat of the Cayuga County Legislature and a subordinate of the Auburn hospital's committee of trustees. Officials aboriginal dug immoderate gold-colored shovels into the crushed for the groundbreaking. 

In an interrogation aft the event, Berlucchi said the existent oncology and hematology enactment is "a caller work line," arsenic opposed to erstwhile gathering projects that were connected to already existing services astatine the hospital.

"This is simply a marque caller service, broad crab care, hematology, oncology, radiation oncology, a PET scan, this is simply a full caller work enactment that our full assemblage had to question to Buffalo, Rochester oregon Syracuse (for,) and present we tin each travel present and the outlying areas tin each travel present and they tin get world-class medicine close present done america and our task with SUNY Upstate," Berlucchi said.