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U Hospital expansion begins



Within a few years of its opening, the Huntsman Cancer Hospital had no free beds available. To handle the increasing number of cancer patients, the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and the U broke ground Oct. 31 on an extension to the hospital that will double the number of beds and open updated centers and technology for cancer care.

“There are 4,000 new cancer patients every year,” said David Entwistle, CEO of U Hospitals and Clinics. “Today’s groundbreaking does not come a day too soon.”

Construction on the project will begin in spring and should be completed in mid-2011, said Mary Beckerle, executive director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

The $110 million expansion project has long been a goal of Jon M. Huntsman Sr., co-founder of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The additional 120,000 to 156,000 square feet designed to connect to the northeast lobby entrance of the existing hospital will allow physicians to treat patients with various types of cancer more efficiently.

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