Ceremony to mark opening of Calgary’s new comprehensive cancer centre
Posted Oct 17, 2024 7:48 am.
Calgary’s new cancer centre will be one step closer to accepting patients following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday.
Premier Danielle Smith, Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange, and Minister of Infrastructure, Pete Guthrie are among those set to celebrate the opening of the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Centre.
Ground broke for the project on Hospital Drive NW in 2017.
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The $1.4 billion facility will have beds for 160 people and over 9,000 metres of research space.
The research area alone is bigger than the entire Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
The new centre will start seeing patients on Oct. 24.
