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A new state-of-the-art cancer center is coming to Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Hazleton in 2023, bringing more leading-edge cancer care services to the local community.
Demolition has begun on the building that formerly housed the Hazleton General Hospital School of Nursing, and an official groundbreaking will take place later this year or early next year. When completed, the new cancer center will have three floors and include physician practices, an infusion center and radiation oncology services. Currently, infusion services are provided at an off-site medical office, and patients needing radiation treatment must travel to other locations.
“The need is very clear, and this expansion will allow our patients to receive many of their treatments in a centralized location,” says Terrence Purcell, President, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Northwest Region. “Our community will benefit greatly from this advanced cancer facility, and we are very proud to build upon and enhance the current cancer services we offer.”
“Our community will benefit greatly from this advanced cancer facility, and we are very proud to build upon and enhance the current cancer services we offer,” says Terrence Purcell, President, LVHN Northwest Region.
The new cancer center will be part of Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, which offers state-of-the-art cancer treatments and clinical trials to individuals within their own community. The Cancer Institute is also one of only three cancer centers in the country participating in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, which provides patients with additional lifesaving care options close to home.
